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Article 45Measures for persons who cease to be politically exposed persons
CELEX 32024R1624 · Read on 2026-08-22
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1. Where a politically exposed person is no longer entrusted with a prominent public function by the Union, a Member State, third country or an international organisation, obliged entities shall take into account the continuing risk posed by that person, as a result of his or her former function, in their assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing risks in accordance with Article 20.
2. Obliged entities shall apply one or more of the measures referred to in Article 34(4) to mitigate the risks posed by the politically exposed person until such time as the risks referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article no longer exist, but in any case for not less than 12 months following the time when the individual ceased to be entrusted with a prominent public function.
3. The obligation referred to in paragraph 2 shall apply accordingly where an obliged entity carries out an occasional transaction or enters into a business relationship with a person who in the past was entrusted with a prominent public function by the Union, a Member State, third country or an international organisation.
Judgments of the Court of Justice
1 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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