Bulgarian National Bank

17/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 17/07/2024 19:24

Today, the BNB Governing Council adopted a decision on the implementation from 30 December 2024 of Guidelines EBA/GL/2024/01 amending Guidelines EBA/2021/02

PRESS RELEASE

17 July 2024

Today, the BNB Governing Council adopted a decision on the implementation from 30 December 2024 of Guidelines EBA/GL/2024/01 amending Guidelines EBA/2021/02 under Articles 17 and Article 18 (4) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 on customer due diligence and the factors credit and financial institutions should consider when assessing the money laundering and terrorist financing risk associated with individual business relationships and occasional transactions.

Addressees of the Guidelines are credit and financial institutions as defined in Article 3 (1) and 3 (2) of Directive (EU) 2015/849, as well as competent authorities, as defined in Article 4 (2) (iii) of Regulation (EU) 1093/2010.

The full text of the Guidelines can be found here.