Source: AMLA final report draft
- Anti-money laundering
AMLR supplemental acts
- ITS on FIU reporting to the EPPO
Article 5 Channel of Communication
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Summary What does Article 5 of the ITS on FIU reporting to the EPPO say?
This article sets out the requirements for how FIUs must transmit their completed reporting templates and any accompanying information to the EPPO.
It establishes secure electronic communication as the standard method, while also providing a fallback option for exceptional circumstances.
This article complements Article 3, which governs the format and content of the reporting template itself, by addressing the mechanics of its actual submission.
Important points:
- Submit completed reporting templates and additional information to the EPPO through a secure electronic communication channel that ensures confidentiality and integrity.
- In exceptional circumstances, FIUs may submit information in paper form or on an electronic data carrier, but only with the EPPO's acceptance and provided confidentiality and integrity are maintained.
- The fallback submission method is not a unilateral option for FIUs — EPPO acceptance is required before it can be used.
Springlex's summary of the article is a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.
FIUs shall submit the completed reporting template and any additional information to the EPPO through a secure electronic communication channel that ensures confidentiality and integrity.
In the event of exceptional circumstances, and subject to the acceptance of the EPPO, FIUs may submit the completed reporting template and any additional information in paper form or stored on an electronic data carrier, provided that the confidentiality and integrity of the submitted information is ensured.
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