LegalizeCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/369 of 1 March 2021 establishing the technical specifications and procedures required for the system of interconnection of central registers referred to in Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 31a thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Member States are required to interconnect their national central beneficial ownership registers via the European Central Platform established by Article 22(1) of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), and the interconnection should be set up in accordance with the technical specifications and procedures established by the implementing acts adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 24 of that Directive. Nevertheless, the differences between the purpose, scope and content of the registers interconnected under Directive (EU) 2017/1132 and the central beneficial ownership registers established under Directive (EU) 2015/849 necessitate defining and adopting further technical specifications, measures and other requirements that ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the system.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The technical specifications and procedures for the system of interconnection of registers referred to in Article 30 and 31 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 shall be as set out in the Annex.
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, 1 March 2021.
For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(2) Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (OJ L 169, 30.6.2017, p. 46).