The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism has launched a public consultation on draft guidelines on ongoing monitoring of business relationships under the European Union anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing framework. The draft sets out practical principles for keeping customer information up to date and monitoring transactions and activities over time so that unusual or suspicious activity can be identified after a relationship has been established. Prepared under Article 26(5) of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, the guidelines are intended to apply across financial and non-financial sectors on a risk-based and proportionate basis. The consultation runs until 3 September 2026, with feedback invited from all sectors subject to AML rules and especially from newly covered entities such as crowdfunding service providers, investment migration operators, football clubs and agents, credit intermediaries, certain crypto-asset service providers and traders in high-value goods. A public hearing on the draft guidelines is scheduled for 2 July 2026 from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST.
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism2026-06-03
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism launches consultation on ongoing monitoring guidelines under EU AML rules
The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism has launched a public consultation on draft guidelines for ongoing monitoring of business relationships under the EU anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing framework. Prepared under Article 26(5) of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, the guidelines set out risk-based, proportionate principles for keeping customer information up to date and monitoring transactions and activities across financial and non-financial sectors, including newly covered entities such as crowdfunding service providers, investment migration operators, football clubs and agents, credit intermediaries, certain crypto-asset service providers and traders in high-value goods.