On the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that list
B-10-2025-0318
· Rapporteur: Luděk Niedermayer, Javier Zarzalejos, Fernando Navarrete Rojas, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Maravillas Abadía Jover, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Francisco José Millán Mon, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Gabriel Mato, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Esther Herranz García, Borja Giménez Larraz, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Susana Solís Pérez, Alma Ezcurra Almansa, Dolors Montserrat, Elena Nevado del Campo, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio LópezIstúriz White, Marco Falcone, Esteban González Pons, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte, Danuše Nerudová, David Casa, Tomáš Zdechovský, Kinga Kollár, Gabriella Gerzsenyi, Herbert Dorfmann, Christophe Gomart, Ondřej Kolář, Jan Farský, Michalis Hadjipantela, Siegfried Mureşan, DanŞtefan Motreanu, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Iuliu Winkler, Gheorghe Falcă, MirceaGheorghe Hava, Daniel Buda, Paulius Saudargas, Maria Walsh, Loucas Fourlas, Verena Mertens, François-Xavier Bellamy, Karlo Ressler, Laurent Castillo, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Halicki
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Parliament objects to the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 that would add ten countries to and remove eight countries from the EU list of high-risk third countries for money laundering and terrorist financing.¶¶ It calls on the Commission to submit a new delegated act that addresses shortcomings in the listing review procedure, avoids relying solely on FATF classifications, and takes into account the role of AMLA.¶¶¶
Key points
- Parliament objects to the Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675.¶
- The Commission's assessment should be autonomous, comprehensive, and unbiased, not relying solely on FATF assessments.¶¶
- The listing process fails to address jurisdictions posing serious systemic risks not on the FATF list, such as those suspended from FATF or subject to sanctions.¶
- Russia is cited as an example warranting assessment under broader criteria due to its suspension from FATF and sanctions circumvention.¶
- Continuous dialogue with co-legislators is essential for keeping the AML/CFT framework functional and reacting quickly to threats.¶
- Voting on all countries in a single act risks that countries rightly proposed for delisting may not be removed if disagreement concerns only one country.¶
- Reports, assessments, or opinions issued by AMLA concerning third countries should be taken into account by the Commission when drawing up the list.¶
- Calls on the Commission to submit a new delegated act that takes account of the concerns and recommendations.¶
- Recommends reconsidering the listing review procedure due to shortcomings in addressing jurisdictions not on the FATF list.¶
- Recommends avoiding reliance solely on FATF classifications and taking into account the role of AMLA.¶
Who is affected
- The ten countries proposed for addition (Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal, Venezuela) will not be added if the regulation is rejected.¶¶
- The eight countries proposed for removal (Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, United Arab Emirates) will remain on the list if the regulation is rejected.
Legal basis: Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶