At the end of March 2023, the MEPs from the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committees have adopted their position on three pieces of draft legislation on the financing provisions of EU Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) policy.
This proposal regulates the access by law-enforcement and competent authorities (FIUs) to information about the identity of bank-account holders contained in national centralised registries.
European Commission consults on its Action Plan for a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing On May 7, the European Commission unveiled a new public consultation its Action Plan for a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing The objective of the consultation is to seek comments on the 6 pillars outlined by the draft EC Action Plan on AML which are: · Ensuring the effective implementation of the existing EU...
SPOTLIGHT OF THE MONTH
The European Commission unveiled mid-February 2020 its long -awaited EU Data Strategy, together with the expected plan on Artificial Intelligence.
Both proposals insist on the importance of enabling better data access and data sharing, not only regarding public sector data (PSI or G2B) but also about private data sharing with public bodies (B2G) or between businesses themselves (B2B).