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EU AML/CTF reforms: AMLA, Single EU AML/CTF Rulebook (AMLR), MLD6 and Recast Wire Transfer Regulation (2023/1113)—scope, obligations, cryptoasset rules and legislative timeline [Archived]

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This Practice Note has been archived and, from 1 June 2024, is no longer maintained. For detailed practical guidance on each component of the EU’s AML/CTF legal framework and regulatory requirements, see the Financial crime and sanctions (EU Law)—overview. The European Commission’s 2020 Action Plan for a Comprehensive EU policy on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) (Action Plan), along with its 2021 legislative package, aims to overhaul the European Union’s AML/CTF legal framework and regulatory requirements. In particular, it will replace the Fourth Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2015/849 (MLD4), as amended by the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2018/843 (MLD5). The package will:

create a single EU-level supervisory Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) which, among other things, will directly supervise selected cross-border financial entities
introduce a unified AML/CTF regulatory framework which, among other measures, will harmonise customer due diligence (CDD) and beneficial ownership, founded on a directly applicable AML/CTF Regulation (the AML Regulation) (also referred to as the EU Single Rulebook Regulation); this Regulation will be the central element of a single EU AML/CTF Rulebook, for which AMLA will develop Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS)
support AML/CTF supervisory convergence through the

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