AMLA finishes customer-check rules ahead of 10 July 2027 start date
The standards cover customer checks, one-off transactions and group-wide controls, and still need European Commission approval; the regulation applies from 10 July 2027.
The EU’s anti-money-laundering authority, AMLA, has finished three regulatory technical standards that fill in the detail of the bloc’s new anti-money-laundering regulation (AMLR). The standards must now be approved by the European Commission. The regulation starts to apply on 10 July 2027.
Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority, reported this on 22 October 2026.
The details
- Customer due diligence (article 28.1): the standard sets out what information firms must collect and verify about customers. It covers simplified measures for low risk, identity checks through electronic identification and verification of the customer’s nationality.
- Business relationships and occasional transactions (article 19.9): it sets thresholds for occasional transactions and how to tell them from business relationships. It also contains sector-specific criteria.
- Group-wide requirements (articles 16.4 and 17.3): it sets minimum requirements for group-wide policies, procedures and controls. It also lists extra steps when branches and subsidiaries are in non-EU countries.
What’s next
The Commission must approve the standards. The regulation applies from 10 July 2027.
The Spelinspektionen notice does not say how the standards apply to gambling operators specifically, or when the Commission will decide.
Source
AMLA har färdigställt tre nya tekniska standarderSpelinspektionen (Swedish Gambling Authority) · translated from Swedish
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