Source: AMLA final report draft
- Anti-money laundering
AMLR supplemental acts
- RTS on group-wide minimum requirements and additional measures for third-country subsidiaries and branches
Article 19 First application on notification to supervisors
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Earlier drafts: AMLA consultation paper draft (16 April 2026)
The obliged entity identified as the head of the structure in the Union in accordance with Article 15 shall notify its role to the supervisor no later than 6 months after the Regulation applies.
Obliged entities within a structure shall request permission not to identify a head of the structure in accordance with Article 17 from the supervisor no later than 6 months after the Regulation applies.
During the transitional period referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, supervisors shall have all the necessary supervisory powers conferred on them by Directive (EU) 2024/1640 with regard to the obliged entities under their scope of their supervision.
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Definition
supervisor
Definition
parent undertaking
- 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; and
- is given the responsibility of implementing group-wide requirements under Chapter II, Section 2 of this Regulation;
Definition
group
Definition
structure
- includes at least two obliged entities;
- is not a group within the meaning of Article 2(1), point (41) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624;
- has the objective of establishing a common framework of business, professional or commercial relationships having an element of duration connecting two or more obliged entities regardless of the legal form used;
- has common ownership, management, compliance controls or a combination of these elements.