# Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing: transparency of financial transactions and of corporate entities

European Parliament procedure 2016/0208(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee ECON / INTA / JURI / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 517 committee amendments tabled by 62 Members between 2016-11-30 and 2016-12-19.

## What the amendments focus on

Legislative dossier on preventing the use of the financial system for money laundering or terrorist financing, covering transparency of financial transactions and corporate entities. Amendments add provisions linking the framework to EU trade and development agreements with third countries, beneficial ownership registers, cash transaction limits, virtual currencies and custodian wallet providers, prepaid cards, enhanced due diligence for high-risk third countries, the FATF Recommendations, and convergence between organised crime and terrorism.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana GOMES | Portugal | S&D | 73 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28306.md |
| Peter SIMON | Germany | S&D | 69 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96836.md |
| Fabio DE MASI | Germany | NI | 63 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124858.md |
| Rina Ronja KARI | Denmark | GUE/NGL | 63 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/122885.md |
| Matt CARTHY | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 63 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124986.md |
| Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO | Spain | GUE/NGL | 62 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125047.md |
| Miguel URBÁN CRESPO | Spain | GUE/NGL | 62 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/131507.md |
| Marisa MATIAS | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 62 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96820.md |
| Sven GIEGOLD | Germany | Verts/ALE | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96730.md |
| Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO | Spain | S&D | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97078.md |
| Maria GRAPINI | Romania | S&D | 52 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124785.md |
| Jonás FERNÁNDEZ | Spain | S&D | 51 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125046.md |
| Jeppe KOFOD | Denmark | S&D | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124870.md |
| Hugues BAYET | Belgium | S&D | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125002.md |
| Pervenche BERÈS | France | S&D | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1985.md |

## Official source documents

- PE595.438: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/INTA-AM-595438_EN.pdf
- PE595.610: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CJ12-AM-595610_EN.pdf
- PE595.624: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-595624_EN.pdf
- PE595.747: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CJ12-AM-595747_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-0208-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-0208-COD.json

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