Transparency concerning plans for a European asset registry

Question for written answer E-001435/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Tom Vandendriessche (PfE)

On 3 December 2021, the Commission contracted for a feasibility study on an EU asset registry. The study was ultimately not finalised until March 2024.

• 1.According to a published agenda[1], the Expert Group on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing was given a presentation on it in February 2022. What happened between February 2022 and 10 July 2024, when it was published on the European Union Publications Office website?
• 2.What conclusions does the Commission draw from the feasibility study, in particular as regards citizens' fundamental rights relating to data protection and privacy?
• 3.What action does the Commission propose to take over the next few months to implement the scenarios set out in the feasibility study?

Submitted: 26.7.2024

• [1] https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/regdel/web/meetings/2832/documents/7572.