Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001187/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Alexander Sell (ESN)
Parliament rejected the Commission Delegated Regulation of 14 March 2024 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 as regards adding Kenya and Namibia to the table in point I of the Annex and deleting Barbados, Gibraltar, Panama, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that table.
In its resolution, Parliament called on the Commission to submit a new delegated act. However, as of today, the most recent version of the list of high-risk non-EU countries remains dated 12 December 2023.
Directive (EU) 2018/843 on combating money laundering and terrorist financing requires an up-to-date list of high-risk non-EU countries. This list must be regularly updated, not only to add new high-risk countries but also to remove those that no longer present strategic deficiencies in anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT).
Given the above considerations:
- 1.Is the Commission considering aligning its methodology with that of the Financial Action Task Force by establishing a ‘blacklist’ for non-EU countries subject to a call for action and a ‘grey list’ for those actively working to address their strategic AML/CFT deficiencies?
- 2.When does the Commission intend to present a new proposal for a delegated act to update the list?
Submitted: 20.3.2025