Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Directive
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing
- Stage
- In force, reached 5 Jun 2015
- In force
- In force since 25 Jun 2015 · CELEX 32015L0849
- Transposition deadline
- 26 Jun 2017
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Last activity
- 25 Jun 2015
Where it stands
Latest: Delegated act adopted: Crypto-asset service providers - Regulatory Technical Standards, 8 Sept 2026.
- 8 Sept 2026
- Delegated act adopted: Crypto-asset service providers - Regulatory Technical Standards
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 19 published, 4 objected, 1 adopted.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crypto-asset service providers - Regulatory Technical Standards | Delegated · Regulation | Adopted | Q3 2026 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/83 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/46 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1393 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | |
| Amended list of high risk third countries for the purpose of anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing | Delegated · Regulation | Objected | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/163 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2070 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1219 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q4 2021 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/410 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q3 2021 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/229 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q1 2021 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/369 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q3 2020 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/37 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | 11/2020 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/855 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q4 2019 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/758 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q2 2018 |
| Amended list of high risk third countries for the purpose of anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing | Delegated · Regulation | Objected | Q4 2018 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1467 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q3 2018 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1108 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q3 2017 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/212 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/105 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | 27/10/2017 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/32 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | 28/09/2017 |
| COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards deleting Guyana from the table in point I of the Annex and adding Ethiopia to that table | Delegated · Regulation | Objected | 24/03/2017 |
| COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 by identifying high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies | Delegated · Regulation | Objected | 24/11/2016 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | 14/07/2016 |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A7-0150/2014Parliament
- Report · A8-0153/2015Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2013)0045Commission
- Proposal · COM(2015)0188Commission
- Proposal · COM(2017)0340Commission
- Proposal · COM(2019)0370Commission
- Proposal · COM(2019)0371Commission
- Proposal · COM(2019)0372Commission
- Proposal · COM(2020)0560Commission
- Proposal · COM(2022)0554Commission
- Proposal · COM(2024)0112Commission
- Text adopted · Directive 2015/0849Commission
- OJ C 032 04.02.2014, p. 0009Commission
- OJ C 166 12.06.2013, p. 0002Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 141 05.06.2015, p. 0073Commission
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- Committee opinion · PE514.725Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE516.897Parliament
- Report · PE523.003Parliament
- Amendments · PE524.784Parliament
- Amendments · PE524.801Parliament
- Report · PE554.948Parliament
- Agenda · PE604.832Parliament
- Text adopted · SP(2014)455Parliament
- Text adopted · T7-0191/2014Parliament
- Text adopted · T8-0201/2015Parliament
Summary
GeneratedDirective (EU) 2015/849, as amended, requires Member States to apply new AML/CFT rules from 30 December 2024, covering crypto-asset service providers and art market players. It sets customer due diligence, beneficial ownership transparency, and sanctions up to EUR 5 million or 10% of turnover for credit and financial institutions.
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