Source: AMLA final report draft
- Anti-money laundering
AML 6 directive supplemental acts
- ITS on FIU-to-FIU exchanges
Article 5 Spontaneous exchange of information
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Summary What does Article 5 of the ITS on FIU-to-FIU exchanges say?
This is a notably brief article that serves a simple directing function.
It instructs Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) on how to handle the spontaneous exchange of information, pointing them to Annex I for the relevant instructions.
It sits within a broader regulatory framework established by this act, which sets out templates and formats for various types of information exchanges between FIUs, and this article specifically governs the unsolicited, outward transmission of information to other FIUs.
Important points:
- FIUs are required to follow the instructions in Annex I when transmitting information spontaneously.
- The article defers entirely to Annex I, meaning the substance of the obligation lies there rather than in the article itself.
- This article addresses only spontaneous transmissions; other articles and annexes govern requests, responses, feedback, and cross-border disseminations.
Springlex's summary of the article is a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.
When transmitting spontaneous information, FIUs shall follow the instructions provided in Annex I.
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