Commission reports on AMLD5
Maximilian Henning made this access to documents request to European Parliament
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Dear European Parliament,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
The reports required to be submitted by the European Commission to the European Parliament according to Article 1(41) of Directive 2018/849 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, and amending Directives 2009/138/EC and 2013/36/EU. This includes:
- the report on the implementation of the Directive required to be submitted by 11 January 2022
- the accompanying legislative proposals, if they exist
- the report assessing the need and proportionality of lowering the percentage for the identification of beneficial ownership of legal entities, if it exists
If any of these documents are publicly available, please let me know where I can find them.
Yours faithfully,
Maximilian Henning
Our reference: 2022-0567
Dear Mr Henning,
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Our reference: 2022-0567
Dear Mr Henning,
Further to your application submitted under [1]Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 requesting public access to the reports required to be submitted
by the European Commission to the European Parliament according to Article
1(41) of Directive 2018/843 on the prevention of the use of the financial
system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing,
Parliament informs you that the European Commission has not yet published
the report on the implementation of the Directive as provided under
Article 1(41) of Directive 2018/843. Parliament understands that such
report is still in preparation and does not know of a certain date for its
publication.
In addition, Parliament draws your attention to the fact that the European
Commission has not published any specific report assessing the need and
proportionality of lowering the percentage for the identification of
beneficial ownership of legal entities.
Furthermore, Parliament informs you that the Commission published a report
on Financial Intelligence Units cooperation in July 2019 and we provide
you, for your convenience, a direct link to it:
[2]https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/...
Also related to your application for public access, Parliament draws you
attention to the fact that the Commission published a new legislative
package on anti-money laundering on 20 July 2021:
[3]https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/2...
On this basis, Parliament considers your application as handled and the
file closed. Should you have any new requests for specific Parliament
documents, [4]please do not hesitate to come back to us.
Kind regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[5][European Parliament request email]
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