Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

EU’s Iron Fist – Europe authoritarianly steamrolls over national supervisors and obliged entities | AML package | the European anti-money laundering lawyers’ paradise

In July 2021 the European Commission presented proposals to harmonize the EU’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules, the ‘AML package’ [1]. The package consists of the following legislative proposals: a] AMLAR, a Regulation establishing a new EU … Lees verder

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Discrimination of persons with Russian nationality residing in the EU? | sanction rules of 8 April 2022

If you have the Russian nationality and live in the EU, can you participate in European tenders? The consequence of the new article 5k of the regulation of 8 April 2022 – amending the regulation concerning Rusland sanctions (Council Regulation … Lees verder

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Article Filippo Noseda on the EU’s Advocate General’s Opinion on EU Public Registers | AML, CFT

UK lawyer Filippo Noseda wrote an article (pdf) for Tax Notes on the EU’s Advocate General’s Opinion on EU public registers of beneficial owners. In this article Noseda discusses the EU’s Advocate General’s opinion in relation to the compatibility of … Lees verder

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European banking supervisor EBA is not interested in the societal effects of AML/CFT-legislation

The European Banking Authority (EBA), has published the announcement ‘Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism supervision is improving but not always effective yet, finds the EBA‘ on the report on competent authorities’ approaches to AML CFT supervision of … Lees verder

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FATCA petition in the Committee on Petitions | Commission Reply of 15 February 2022

In the Committee on Petitions (PETI) of the European Parliament complaints by three victims of the unlawful extraterritorial legislation of the U.S., FATCA, are dealt with. PETI published a notice to members with a summary of the complaints and the … Lees verder

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Revision of beneficial ownership rules in AMLR | part 3 of Horrors of European legislation against crime (AML/CFT)

European beneficial ownership bureaucracy is a major headache for both entities that have to register (‘registering entities’) with the beneficial ownership register [1] (‘ubo-register’), as for ‘obliged entities’ [2] like banks and auditors. Everyone involved with European beneficial ownership bureaucracy … Lees verder

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New data retention judgment by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice

Today a new data retention judgment by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice was made public. The court ruled amongst others that the Charter precludes “legislative measures which, as a preventive measure for the purposes of combating … Lees verder

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European Banking Guide for Nonprofits | ECNL, AML, CFT

The European Center For Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) has seen that civil society organisations (CSOs) increasingly encounter difficulties in opening and maintaining bank accounts, due to the detrimental effects of legislation in regard of anti-money laundering (AML) and combatting terrorist financiering … Lees verder

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Revision of beneficial ownership recommendations of FATF

FATF has announced the changes to its beneficial ownership recommendations: Public Statement on revisions to R.24 Paris, 4 March 2022 – The Financial Action Task Force today adopted amendments to Recommendation 24 and its Interpretive Note which require countries to prevent the … Lees verder

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The customers of professional football clubs | part 2 of Horrors of European legislation against crime (AML/CFT)

It is fascinating to see that the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament do not understand what ‘anti-money laundering’ (AML) and ‘combating terrorist financing’ … Lees verder

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