Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 28/9/2023 - Sección Legislación
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Sección Legislación
EN
28.9.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
L 239/1
II
Non-legislative acts
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION EU 2023/2070
of 18 August 2023
amending Delegated Regulation EU 2016/1675 to add Cameroon and Vietnam to the list of highrisk third countries Text with EEA relevance
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive EU 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation EU No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC 1, and in particular Article 92 thereof,
Whereas:
1
The Union is to ensure the effective protection of the integrity and proper functioning of its financial system and the internal market from money laundering and terrorist financing. Directive EU 2015/849 therefore provides that the Commission is to identify third-country jurisdictions which have strategic deficiencies in their regimes on antimoney laundering and countering financing of terrorism AML/CFT that pose significant threats to the financial system of the Union high-risk third countries.
2
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2016/1675 2 identifies high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies.
3
Considering the high level of integration of the international financial system, the close connection of market operators, the high volume of cross-border transactions to and from the Union, and the degree of market openness, any AML/CFT threat posed to the international financial system is also a threat to the financial system of the Union.
4
Pursuant to Article 94 of Directive EU 2015/849, the Commission, when identifying high-risk third countries, is to take into account relevant evaluations, assessments or reports drawn up by international organisations and standard setters with competence in the field of preventing money laundering and combating terrorist financing.
Such information includes public statements from the Financial Action Task Force FATF, the FATF list of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring, and FATF reports of the International Cooperation Review Group in relation to the risks posed by individual third countries.
1 OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 73.
2 Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2016/1675 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Directive EU 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council by identifying high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies OJ L 254, 20.9.2016, p. 1.
