Executive Summary:
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1393 amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184 to introduce a review clause. This amendment mandates the Commission to assess whether to classify certain countries with suspended FATF membership as high-risk third countries. The Commission must conclude this assessment by December 31, 2025.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Purpose:**
* Amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184.
* Introduces a review clause regarding high-risk third countries.
* **Review Obligation:**
* The Commission will review third countries not subject to FATF calls for action or increased monitoring but have suspended FATF membership.
* The review will assess whether to amend the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675.
* **Deadline:**
* The Commission must conclude the review by December 31, 2025.
* **Entry into Force:**
* This regulation enters into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Impact Analysis:
**European Commission:**
* Impact: Required to conduct a review of third countries with suspended FATF membership to determine if they should be classified as high-risk.
* Action Required: Conclude the review and assess potential amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 by December 31, 2025.
**EU Member States:**
* Impact: Directly affected by any amendments to the list of high-risk third countries, potentially requiring adjustments to national AML/CFT frameworks.
* Action Required: Implement any changes resulting from the Commission's review and updated regulations.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Commission: An executive branch of the European Union responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties upon which the European Union is founded.
Directive EU 2015/849: A directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing.
European Parliament: The parliamentary body of the European Union.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF): An inter-governmental organization founded to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2016/1675: A Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive EU 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council by identifying high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies.
Ursula VON DER LEYEN: The President of the European Commission.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1393 21.8.2025
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION(EU) 2025/1393
of 8 July 2025
amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184 to introduce a review clause
(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 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 10 June 2025, the Commission adopted Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184(2)to amend the list
of high-risk third countries laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675(3). This amending act
followed the recommendations of the international standard-setter, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
(2) Countries that are not publicly identified as being subject to calls for action or increased monitoring by the FATF
might still pose a threat to the integrity of the EU financial system. Where membership of such countries to the FATF
is suspended because of gross violations of core principles upon which that standard-setter is built, the threat to the
EU financial system is likely to increase. The Commission should therefore take decisive action to preserve the
integrity of the EU financial system and complete an autonomous assessment of whether such countries are high-
risk third countries as referred to in Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849. Against the backdrop of the current
geopolitical situation, it is important that the Commission acts swiftly. It is therefore appropriate to provide for an
obligation for the Commission to conclude such assessment by 31 December 2025. To complement the approach
followed by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184, such an obligation should be introduced into that Regulation.
(3) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184 should therefore be amended accordingly,
(1) OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 73, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2015/849/oj.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184 of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria,
Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have
provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the
FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that
list (OJ L, 2025/1184, 16.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/1184/oj).
(3) 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, ELI:
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2016/1675/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/1393/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 21.8.2025
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 1a is inserted in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184.
‘Article 1a
By 31 December 2025, the Commission shall conclude the review of third countries that are not identified as being subject
to calls for action or increased monitoring by the FATF, but whose membership in that international standard-setter is
suspended, to assess whether to amend the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU)2016/1675 accordingly.’.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 July 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/1393/oj