EU Legislation
Directive (EU) 2024/1654 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 amending Directive (EU) 2019/1153 as regards access by competent authorities to centralised bank account registries through interconnection system and technical measures
Legal Basis: Art. 87(2) TFEU.
Key themes: combat crimes; optimizing and
facilitating access to financial information; prevent,
detect, investigate and prosecute serious crime;
terrorism.
Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on the mechanisms to be put in place by Member States for the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing
Legal Basis: Art. 114(1) TFEU.
Key Themes: Electronic money and payments; crossborder
credit transfers; financial supervision;
action to combat terrorism; capital outflow,...
Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
Legal Basis: Art. 114(1) TFEU.
Key Themes: Electronic money and payments, crossborder
credit transfers; financial supervision;
cooperation between administrations; capital
outflow...
Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing
Legal Basis: Art. 114(1) TFEU.
Key Themes: Electronic money and payments, crossborder
credit transfers; financial supervision;
capital outflow, money laundering; action to
combat...
Regulation (EU) 2024/1307 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC
Legal Basis: Art. 114(1) TFEU, Art. 16(2) TFEU.
Key Themes: Child protection, children’s rights;
protection of privacy and data protection;
electronic and mobile communications,...
Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence
Legal Basis: Art. 82(2) TFEU, Art. 83(1)(a1) TFEU.
Key Themes: Gender equality, women condition and
rights, action to combat domestic violence.
Council Decision on identifying the violation of Union restrictive measures as an area of crime under Art. 83(1) TFEU and EC Communication Towards a Directive on criminal penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures
On 25 May 2022, the Commission tabled a proposal for a Council Decision to add the violation of Union restrictive measures to the list of EU-crimes provided for in Article 83(1) TFEU. According to...