EU regulatory register · AMLR
Article 3Obliged entities
CELEX 32024R1624 · Read on 2026-08-22
Short answer
The following entities are to be considered obliged entities for the purposes of this Regulation:
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Anti-money laundering (AMLR) in short
Obliged entities must know their customers, identify beneficial owners and report suspicious transactions. Cash over EUR 10,000 is banned.
- Who is a beneficial owner?
- When must a suspicious transaction be reported?
- Does the EUR 10,000 cash limit apply to everyone?
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Official text
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The following entities are to be considered obliged entities for the purposes of this Regulation:
(1)
credit institutions;
(2)
financial institutions;
(3)
the following natural or legal persons acting in the exercise of their professional activities:
(a)
auditors, external accountants and tax advisors, and any other natural or legal person including independent legal professionals such as lawyers, that undertakes to provide, directly or by means of other persons to which that other person is related, material aid, assistance or advice on tax matters as principal business or professional activity;
(b)
notaries, lawyers and other independent legal professionals, where they participate, whether by acting on behalf of and for their client in any financial or real estate transaction, or by assisting in the planning or carrying out of transactions for their client concerning any of the following:
(i)
buying and selling of real property or business entities;
(ii)
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Follow-up questions
Judgments of the Court of Justice
2 decisions
- C-509/23Court of Justice of the European Union
SIA „Laimz” v Izložu un azartspēļu uzraudzības inspekcija
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Point 11(a) of Article 3 – Close associate of a politically exposed person – Definition – Article 45(1) and (8) – Obliged entities that are part of a group – Information sharing within the group – Application of decisions taken by another obliged entity that is part of that group – Article 14(1) and (8) – Ongoing monitoring of customers by obliged entities – Article 11(d) – Enhanced customer due diligence measures for providers of gambling services.
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'Citadeles nekustamie īpašumi' SIA v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Scope – Obliged entity – Article 3(7)(c) – Concept of ‘trust or company service provider’ – Provision of a registered office – Owner of immovable property who has entered into leases with legal persons – Registration of the registered office of such legal persons in that immovable property.
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