Source: AMLA consultation paper draft
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Article 23 Notification to the supervisor in case the parent undertaking is an obliged entity
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In case the identified parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; in the Union is an obliged entity, this entity shall notify its role as parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; in the Union to the home supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; and all the obliged entities in the Union without undue delay and in any case no later than 28 calendar days after such determination, including the reasons thereof. If a parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; fails to notify to the supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; appropriate measures pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter IV of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 shall be taken.
The notification by the identified parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; shall include all the following information:
summary overview and explanations on the structuremeans any form of organisation, agreement or similar that:includes at least two obliged entities;is not a group with a parent undertaking within the meaning of Article 2(1), point (42) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624; andhas the objective of establishing a common framework of business, professional or commercial relationships connecting two or more obliged entities., roles, responsibilities and activities of the parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; and all the other obliged entities of the structuremeans any form of organisation, agreement or similar that:includes at least two obliged entities;is not a group with a parent undertaking within the meaning of Article 2(1), point (42) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624; andhas the objective of establishing a common framework of business, professional or commercial relationships connecting two or more obliged entities. in the Union
any other information considered necessary by the supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; for evaluating the adequacy of the identification of the obliged entity as parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation;.
Upon receipt of the notification, the home supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; of the parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; in the Union shall confirm receipt of the notification to the identified obliged entity in the Union and inform all the supervisorsmeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; of the other obliged entities of the structuremeans any form of organisation, agreement or similar that:includes at least two obliged entities;is not a group with a parent undertaking within the meaning of Article 2(1), point (42) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624; andhas the objective of establishing a common framework of business, professional or commercial relationships connecting two or more obliged entities. in the Union and the Authority of such notification.
The home supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; shall decide on the identification of the parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; in the Union within 2 months from receipt of the complete notification from the identified parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; in the Union. The supervisorsmeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; of the obliged entities in the Union shall, without undue delay and in any case within 28 calendar days from receipt of the complete notification from the home supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620;, provide each other with any information which is essential or relevant for the assessment.
The home supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; may determine that the identified parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; in the Union shall be a different one and shall provide reasons for this assessment. It shall then transmit the notification mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article immediately, and in any case within one week from the date of receipt of the notification to the appropriate home supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620;. The latter home supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; shall apply the procedure provided in the first subparagraph of this paragraph accordingly.
In case of disagreements between two or more supervisorsmeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; on the identification of the parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; in the Union, they may refer the matter to the Authority and request its assistance in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 for the financial sector or in accordance with Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 for the non-financial sector.
Subparagraph 3 shall not apply in cases where the identified obliged entity is a selected obliged entity under direct supervision of the Authority.
The home supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; shall notify the decision mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Article to the identified parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; in the Union without undue delay. It shall also inform all the other supervisorsmeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; of the other entities of the structuremeans any form of organisation, agreement or similar that:includes at least two obliged entities;is not a group with a parent undertaking within the meaning of Article 2(1), point (42) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624; andhas the objective of establishing a common framework of business, professional or commercial relationships connecting two or more obliged entities. in the Union and the Authority of such decision and in case the supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; is a self-regulatory bodymeans a body that represents members of a profession and has a role in regulating them, in performing certain supervisory or monitoring functions and in ensuring the enforcement of the rules relating to them;, the self-regulatory bodymeans a body that represents members of a profession and has a role in regulating them, in performing certain supervisory or monitoring functions and in ensuring the enforcement of the rules relating to them; shall inform also the public authority overseeing it.
The identified parent undertakingmeans:for groups whose head office is located in the Union, an obliged entity that is a parent undertaking as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU that is not itself a subsidiary of another undertaking in the Union, provided that at least one subsidiary undertaking is an obliged entity;for groups whose head office is located outside of the Union, where at least two subsidiary undertakings are obliged entities established in the Union, an undertaking within that group established in the Union that:is an obliged entity;is an undertaking that is not a subsidiary of another undertaking that is an obliged entity established in the Union;has a sufficient prominence within the group and a sufficient understanding of the operations of the group that are subject to the requirements of this Regulation; andis given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation; in the Union shall inform immediately all the other obliged entities of the structuremeans any form of organisation, agreement or similar that:includes at least two obliged entities;is not a group with a parent undertaking within the meaning of Article 2(1), point (42) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624; andhas the objective of establishing a common framework of business, professional or commercial relationships connecting two or more obliged entities. in the Union of the decision mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Article.
In the event of a change to any of the information communicated pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2, the obliged entity shall notify this change to the home supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; that received the initial notification at least one month before implementing the change. This supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; shall inform all the supervisorsmeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; of the entities of the structuremeans any form of organisation, agreement or similar that:includes at least two obliged entities;is not a group with a parent undertaking within the meaning of Article 2(1), point (42) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624; andhas the objective of establishing a common framework of business, professional or commercial relationships connecting two or more obliged entities. in the Union of such notification and review the notification in accordance with this Article. In case the supervisormeans the body entrusted with responsibilities aimed at ensuring compliance by obliged entities with the requirements of this Regulation, including AMLA when performing the tasks entrusted to it in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620; is a self-regulatory bodymeans a body that represents members of a profession and has a role in regulating them, in performing certain supervisory or monitoring functions and in ensuring the enforcement of the rules relating to them;, the self-regulatory bodymeans a body that represents members of a profession and has a role in regulating them, in performing certain supervisory or monitoring functions and in ensuring the enforcement of the rules relating to them; shall inform also the public authority overseeing it.
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