Art. 14 Templates and procedures | Sixth anti-money laundering (AML 6) directive | AML

This article is a technical enablement provision that gives the Commission the authority to establish, via implementing acts, the standardised tools and procedures needed to make the legitimate interest access regime — set out in Article 13 — function in practice across Member States.

It covers the end-to-end mechanics of access requests, from the templates used to apply for and respond to requests, through to cross-border recognition of legitimate interest and the notification of access revocations between central registers.

Important points:

The Commission is required to define standardised templates for both applicants requesting access and for central registers responding to those requests.
The Commission must establish procedures enabling central registers in one Member State to recognise legitimate interest already accepted by a central register in another Member State, including secure transfer of applicant information.
Procedures for central registers to notify each other of access revocations must also be defined by the Commission, linking directly to the revocation mechanism in Article 13.

1. The Commission shall define, by means of implementing acts, technical specifications and procedures necessary for the implementation of access on the basis of a legitimate interest by the central registers referred to in Article 10, including:
  1. standardised templates for requesting access to the central register and for requesting access to beneficial ownership information on legal entities and legal arrangements;
  2. standardised templates to be used by central registers to confirm or refuse a request to access the register or to access beneficial ownership information;
  3. procedures to facilitate the mutual recognition of legitimate interest to access beneficial ownership information by the central registers in Member States other than the one where the request for access was first made and accepted, including procedures to ensure the secure transfer of information on an applicant;
  4. procedures for central registers to notify each other of revocations of access to beneficial ownership information pursuant to Article 13(8).
1. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 72(2).