Source: OJ L, 2024/1640, 19.6.2024

Current language: FR

Article premier Objet


Summary What does Article 1 of the Sixth anti-money laundering (AML 6) directive say?

This is the foundational scope article of the Directive, setting out the seven broad areas it governs.

Rather than imposing specific obligations itself, it acts as a roadmap for the rest of the Directive, signalling that this instrument operates alongside Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, which covers the obligations of obliged entities directly.

Together, they form the core of the EU's AML/CFT legislative package.

The Directive's focus is on the institutional and governmental architecture of the AML/CFT framework: national-level measures, supervisory structures, FIUs, registers, and inter-authority cooperation.

Important points:

  • The Directive covers seven distinct areas, ranging from national risk measures to inter-authority cooperation, making it a wide-ranging institutional framework instrument.
  • The scope explicitly includes the setup of and access to beneficial ownership registers, bank account registers, and real estate information, which are key transparency tools.
  • Cooperation between competent authorities — including FIUs, supervisory bodies, and law enforcement — and with authorities under other Union legal acts is a named subject of the Directive.

Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

La présente directive établit des règles concernant:

  1. les mesures applicables aux secteurs exposés aux risques de blanchiment de capitaux et de financement du terrorisme au niveau national;

  2. les exigences relatives à l’enregistrement et à l’identification des membres d’un niveau élevé de la hiérarchie et des bénéficiaires effectifs des entités assujetties et aux vérifications les concernant;

  3. l’identification des risques de blanchiment de capitaux et de financement du terrorisme au niveau de l’Union et des États membres;

  4. la mise en place de registres concernant les bénéficiaires effectifs et les comptes bancaires et l’accès à ces registres, ainsi que l’accès aux informations concernant les biens immobiliers;

  5. les compétences et les missions des cellules de renseignement financier (CRF);

  6. les compétences et les missions des organismes participant à la surveillance des entités assujetties;

  7. la coopération entre les autorités compétentes et la coopération avec des autorités couvertes par d’autres actes juridiques de l’Union.

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