The AMF invites financial market participants to AMLA’s consultations on three draft AML/CFT implementing standards
Executive Summary
The AMF is urging financial market participants, especially in asset management and related sectors, to engage in AMLA's public consultations on three draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the new EU AML/CFT package, covering customer due diligence (CDD), identification of business relationships/transactions, and enforcement measures. These RTS aim to provide harmonized, proportionate implementation guidance, significantly impacting CDD processes and supervisory consistency across the EU, with underlying rules applying from 10 July 2027.[Source URL: https://www.amf-france.org/en/news-publications/news/amf-invites-financial-market-participants-amlas-consultations-three-draft-amlcft-implementing#xts=607212&xtor=RSS-11&type=RSS] #
What Changed
- - CDD RTS: Builds on EBA's prior draft with AMLA refinements for legal clarity, proportionality, and risk adaptation; specifies information/sources for identity verification of natural persons/legal entities, remote onboarding measures, business rela
- Business Relationships/Occasional/Linked Transactions RTS: Defines criteria under AMLR Article 19(9) to harmonize identification, ensuring consistent EU-wide application beyond basic definitions.[Source URL: https://www.amf-france.org/en/news-publica
- Enforcement RTS (Pecuniary Sanctions/Administrative Measures): Under AMLD6 Article 53(10), standardizes supervisor assessment/categorization of breaches for proportionate, effective, dissuasive responses across EU supervisors.[Source URL: https://www
Suggested Considerations
- Gap analysis and preparation: Assess current CDD/business identification/enforcement processes against drafts; identify changes for remote onboarding, PEPs, sectoral measures (e.g., asset manager Article 17 scenarios), and sanctions screening; set milestones for policy/system updates by July 2027.
- Engage hearings: Attend 24 March 2026 public hearing for CDD/business RTS.
- Monitor post-consultation: Track AMLA/EC adoption (expected Q1 2026 for some related RTS) and national implementations (e.g., CSSF data reporting).
Key Dates
Compliance Impact
Urgency: High - These RTS operationalize core AMLR/AMLD6 mandates with July 2027 applicability, demanding immediate consultation input to influence final rules and 18-month lead time for system/process overhauls (e.g., CDD verification sources, harmonized transaction linking). Failure to engage risks non-compliant frameworks amid AMLA's push for EU-wide consistency, elevated direct supervision ris
Who is Affected
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Summary
Anti-money Laundering Asset management The AMF invites financial market participants to AMLA’s consultations on three draft AML/CFT implementing standards