The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism, or AMLA, has submitted three final technical standards to the European Commission that standardize reporting to the European Public Prosecutor's Office and information sharing between financial intelligence units. Two of the standards set a single format for reports sent to the European Public Prosecutor's Office, covering both financial intelligence units' own analytical results and AMLA's joint analyses. A shared machine-readable template is intended to give the prosecutor's office complete and comparable data that can be processed automatically. The third standard introduces a common set of templates for exchanges between financial intelligence units, including spontaneous and requested information sharing, feedback and cross-border reports. These exchanges will run through FIU.net, and the framework simplifies consent rules so information can move more quickly between units while retaining the same safeguards. AMLA said the standards were developed with financial intelligence units and the European Public Prosecutor's Office through dedicated working groups, with additional feedback gathered at a public hearing in May 2026. The standards now go to the European Commission for adoption and publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The reporting rules for the European Public Prosecutor's Office apply from 10 July 2027, while some technical requirements, including fully machine-readable reporting and full FIU.net integration, apply by 10 July 2028.
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism2026-07-03
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism submits standards on EPPO reporting and FIU information exchange
AMLA has submitted three final technical standards to the European Commission covering standardized reporting to the European Public Prosecutor's Office and information exchanges between financial intelligence units. Two set single reporting formats for FIU and AMLA analyses sent to the prosecutor's office, while the third creates common FIU-to-FIU templates through FIU.net and simplifies consent rules. The measures apply in phases from 10 July 2027, with some technical requirements following by 10 July 2028.