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Motion for a resolution 2025-07-04

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list

· 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 López-Istúriz 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, Siegfried Mureşan, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Iuliu Winkler, Gheorghe Falcă, Mircea-Gheorghe 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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4.7.2025 B100318/1

Amendment 1

Damien Carême, Jussi Saramo

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100318/2025

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 López-Istúriz 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, Siegfried Mureşan, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Iuliu Winkler, Gheorghe Falcă, Mircea-Gheorghe Hava, Daniel Buda, Paulius Saudargas, Maria Walsh, Loucas Fourlas, Verena Mertens, François-Xavier Bellamy, Karlo Ressler, Laurent Castillo, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Halicki

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list

Motion for a resolution

Recital G a (new)

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Ga. whereas the UAE is a major global financial and trading hub which, due to its geographical position and service-based economy attracting significant trade and foreign investment, poses significant risks; whereas the UAE is an increasingly important economic partner for the Union, being the Union’s main export destination and investment partner in the Middle East and North Africa region; whereas the UAE also serves as an important regional trade and logistics hub for Union operators;

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4.7.2025 B100318/2

Amendment 2

Damien Carême, Jussi Saramo

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100318/2025

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list

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Recital G b (new)

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Gb. whereas the Union must ensure a high level of protection of the Union financial system from money laundering and terrorist financing risks; whereas improvement in the AML/CFT legislative framework in the UAE is undeniable and very welcome; whereas, however, a delisting of the UAE from the Union’s list of high-risk third countries may not yet properly ensure the protection of the integrity of the Union financial system, given the high exposure of the internal market to the UAE as a financial and trading hub; whereas a more thorough assessment of the risks and effective reforms carried out by the UAE is required before delisting the country;

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4.7.2025 B100318/3

Amendment 3

Damien Carême, Jussi Saramo

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100318/2025

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list

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Recital G c (new)

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Gc. whereas, despite legislative progress and stated commitments by the UAE to strengthen its AML/CFT framework, concerns persist regarding the role of the UAE as a jurisdiction used to conceal assets by individuals subject to international sanctions, ongoing criminal investigations, or credible allegations of corruption; whereas, given the rise in sanctions due to the geopolitical landscape, the FATF expressed its growing concerns regarding the financial connectivity of countries targeted by sanctions and jurisdictions subject to FATF countermeasures;

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4.7.2025 B100318/4

Amendment 4

Damien Carême, Jussi Saramo

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100318/2025

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list

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Recital G d (new)

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Gd. whereas serious and persistent deficiencies remain in the transparency of the real estate sector in the UAE, where transactions can take place without the mandatory involvement of any of the professionals subject to anti-money laundering obligations, and where real estate developers can directly sell properties without any obligation to screen clients and report suspicious activity; whereas longstanding and repeated evidence, including numerous journalistic investigations, has confirmed that the Dubai real estate market serves as a favoured destination for corrupt and criminal cash from around the world; whereas evidence from recent scandals has highlighted that such financial opacity has been exploited for money laundering, exposing important weaknesses in the UAE’s AML/CTF framework;

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4.7.2025 B100318/5

Amendment 5

Damien Carême, Jussi Saramo

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100318/2025

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list

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Recital M a (new)

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Ma. whereas the Commission’s proposal to remove the UAE from the list of high-risk third countries coincides with the relaunch of negotiations on this free trade agreement between the Union and the UAE; whereas, although there is no formal evidence that the delisting was directly requested by the UAE as part of the trade talks, the timing and context raise legitimate concerns that commercial or political considerations may have influenced a process that should remain strictly technical and risk-based;

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4.7.2025 B100318/6

Amendment 6

Damien Carême, Jussi Saramo

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100318/2025

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list

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Recital K

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K. whereas voting on all countries in a single act entails the risk that countries rightly proposed for delisting may not be removed from the list, and vice versa, if the co-legislators disagree with the Commission’s assessment, even when such disagreement concerns only one country; whereas the Commission’s continued practice of proposing changes to the list as a package prevents Parliament from assessing each jurisdiction individually on its own merits and implies that some countries would be unfairly affected by an objection to the delegated act; whereas that approach limits democratic scrutiny and undermines Parliament’s ability to target jurisdictions of particular concern; whereas Parliament would, for instance, strongly support the addition of Monaco to the list of high-risk third countries, if separate votes on individual jurisdictions were allowed;

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4.7.2025 B100318/7

Amendment 7

Damien Carême, Jussi Saramo

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100318/2025

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list

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Recital F a (new)

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Fa. whereas lower-income countries continue to be disproportionately affected by the Union listing of high-risk third countries, even in cases where they have demonstrated measurable progress in strengthening their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) frameworks, as exemplified by Côte d’Ivoire; whereas, in those countries, existing shortcomings are often the result of administrative and institutional capacity constraints linked to limited resources, rather than a reflection of the jurisdiction’s actual role in facilitating money laundering or terrorist financing; whereas similar concerns have been raised in relation to the Union list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, where lower-income countries are also overrepresented despite limited global impact;

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