Article 69Reporting of suspicions

1. Obliged entities, and, where applicable, their directors and employees, shall cooperate fully with the FIU by promptly:

(a)

reporting to the FIU, on their own initiative, where the obliged entity knows, suspects or has reasonable grounds to suspect that funds or activities, regardless of the amount involved, are the proceeds of criminal activity or are related to terrorist financing or criminal activity and by responding to requests by the FIU for additional information in such cases;

(b)

providing the FIU, at its request, with all necessary information, including information on transaction records, within the deadlines imposed.

All suspicious transactions, including attempted transactions and suspicions arising from the inability to conduct customer due diligence shall be reported in accordance with the first subparagraph.

For the purposes of the first subparagraph, obliged entities shall reply to requests for information by the FIU within 5 working days. In justified and urgent cases, FIUs may shorten that deadline, including to less than 24 hours.

By way of derogation from the third subparagraph, the FIU may extend the deadline for a response beyond the 5 working days where it considers it justified and provided that the extension does not undermine the FIU’s analysis.

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, obliged entities shall assess transactions or activities carried out by their customers on the basis of and against any relevant fact and information known to them or which they are in possession of. Where necessary, obliged entities shall prioritise their assessment taking into consideration the urgency of the transaction or activity and the risks affecting the Member State in which they are established.

A suspicion pursuant to paragraph 1, point (a), shall be based on the characteristics of the customer and their counterparts, the size and nature of the transaction or activity or the methods and patterns thereof, the link between several transactions or activities, the origin, destination or use of funds, or any other circumstance known to the obliged entity, including the consistency of the transaction or activity with the information obtained pursuant to Chapter III including the risk profile of the client.

3. By 10 July 2026, AMLA shall develop draft implementing technical standards and submit them to the Commission for adoption. Those draft implementing technical standards shall specify the format to be used for the reporting of suspicions pursuant to paragraph 1, point (a), and for the provision of transaction records pursuant to paragraph 1, point (b).

4. Power is conferred on the Commission to adopt the implementing technical standards referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article in accordance with Article 53 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620.

5. By 10 July 2027, AMLA shall issue guidelines on indicators of suspicious activity or behaviours. Those guidelines shall be periodically updated.

6. The compliance officer appointed in accordance with Article 11(2) shall transmit the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article to the FIU of the Member State in whose territory the obliged entity transmitting the information is established.

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