Consultation on the draft Guidelines on ongoing monitoring of a business relationship

AMLA’s public consultations are open to all stakeholders with an interest in the EU’s anti‑money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework. We particularly welcome contributions from financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions, civil society organisations, academia, sectoral federations and organisations, and other relevant parties.

Public input on these draft guidelines is essential to ensure that the principles they contain are effective and can be applied by all obliged entities in practice.

Ongoing monitoring is a core requirement of the AMLR. Obliged entities must continuously monitor and review their business relationships to detect any unusual or suspicious transactions or activities. AMLA's draft guidelines under Article 26(5) AMLR support obliged entities in implementing their ongoing and transaction monitoring duties. They set out core principles applicable across both financial and non-financial sectors.

The draft guidelines are comprised of three parts:

• General principles: applicable to both Guideline 1 and Guideline 2
• Guideline 1: keeping customer information up to date
• Guideline 2: transaction and activity monitoring framework

Public Hearing

A public hearing on these draft guidelines is planned for 2 July 2026, 10:00–12:00 CET.

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Public Hearing

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