The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism has published three instruments aimed at strengthening AML/CFT information flows between financial intelligence units, AMLA and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Two instruments standardise how findings are reported to the EPPO when analysis indicates reasonable grounds to suspect offences affecting the EU’s financial interests, while a third introduces common templates for information sharing between FIUs on FIU.net. For EPPO reporting, one instrument sets the format FIUs must use and the other covers AMLA’s reporting format for findings from joint analyses. Both introduce a common reporting template and require machine-readable submissions through a secure channel so the EPPO can process them automatically. The FIU.net instrument adds six standard templates for FIU-to-FIU exchanges, with the aim of making information sent through the system more complete and consistent and reducing operational gaps and delays. AMLA will hold two public hearings on 27 May 2026, with a morning session covering the two EPPO reporting instruments and an afternoon session covering FIU-to-FIU exchanges.
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism 2026-05-13
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism publishes three instruments to standardise EPPO reporting and FIU.net information exchanges
The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism has issued three instruments to standardise and strengthen AML/CFT information flows between financial intelligence units, the Authority and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Two instruments harmonise formats and require machine-readable, secure-channel reporting to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, while a third introduces six common templates for FIU-to-FIU exchanges on FIU.net to improve information completeness, consistency and timeliness.