{"id":540149,"date":"2026-06-06T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?post_type=crypto_law&p=540149"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:11:15","slug":"eu-aml-package-regulation-2024-1624-directive-2024-1640","status":"publish","type":"crypto_law","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/crypto-laws\/eu-aml-package-regulation-2024-1624-directive-2024-1640\/","title":{"rendered":"EU AML Package: Regulation (EU) 2024\/1624 and Directive (EU) 2024\/1640"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regulation (EU) 2024\/1624<\/strong> (the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, or AMLR) and Directive (EU) 2024\/1640<\/strong> (AMLD6) form the main private-sector rulebook and Member State mechanism layer of the European Union\u2019s 2024 AML\/CFT package. Both acts were published in the Official Journal on June 19, 2024 and are listed by EUR-Lex as in force. The AMLR enters the compliance calendar through a later application date: most provisions apply from July 10, 2027, while specified categories of obliged entities are deferred to July 10, 2029. AMLD6 also has a main transposition deadline of July 10, 2027, with separate deadlines for selected beneficial-ownership and real-estate access provisions.<\/p>\n

EU AML Package overview for crypto and financial services<\/h3>\n

The package moves much of the EU\u2019s preventive AML\/CFT framework from directive-based national implementation toward a single, directly applicable regulation for obliged entities. The AMLR is designed to harmonize private-sector requirements across the internal market, including customer due diligence, beneficial ownership checks, internal controls, enhanced due diligence, reporting duties and restrictions relevant to high-risk relationships. AMLD6 sits beside the AMLR by requiring Member States to maintain national AML\/CFT architecture, including risk assessments, supervisors, financial intelligence units, beneficial ownership registers, bank account registers and cooperation channels.<\/p>\n

For crypto markets, the AMLR ties the AML framework to definitions in the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and the Transfer of Funds Regulation. Crypto-asset service providers are treated as financial obliged entities, meaning the AMLR framework is expected to apply to CASPs that provide covered crypto-asset services. This profile should be read with related CryptoSlate law profiles for MiCA, the Transfer of Funds Regulation and the AMLA Regulation.<\/p>\n

Key provisions affecting crypto-asset service providers<\/h3>\n
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  • CASP coverage:<\/strong> The AMLR includes crypto-asset service providers within the definition of financial institutions, alongside credit institutions, payment firms, investment firms and other financial-sector entities.<\/li>\n
  • Customer due diligence:<\/strong> CASPs must apply customer due diligence when carrying out occasional transactions of at least EUR 1,000, and must apply at least identification-related CDD measures for below-threshold occasional transactions.<\/li>\n
  • Self-hosted-address risk controls:<\/strong> CASPs must identify and assess money laundering and terrorist financing risks linked to transfers to or from self-hosted addresses and apply risk-based mitigating measures.<\/li>\n
  • Correspondent crypto relationships:<\/strong> The AMLR includes enhanced due diligence rules for cross-border correspondent relationships involving crypto-asset services with non-EU respondent entities.<\/li>\n
  • Member State data infrastructure:<\/strong> AMLD6 requires national mechanisms that include access to beneficial ownership registers and automated systems covering bank, payment, securities, crypto-asset accounts and safe-deposit boxes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Status, dates and implementation timeline<\/h3>\n

    The two acts are not merely proposals. EUR-Lex records both as legal acts with an in-force status. Because publication occurred on June 19, 2024 and both acts enter into force on the twentieth day after publication, the entry-into-force date is July 9, 2024. The most important operational date for most AMLR obligations and AMLD6 national implementation is July 10, 2027.<\/p>\n

    AMLD6 repeals Directive (EU) 2015\/849 with effect from July 10, 2027, with references to the repealed directive construed as references to AMLD6 and the AMLR. It also sets staggered transposition dates: Article 74 by July 10, 2025; Articles 11, 12, 13 and 15 by July 10, 2026; the main directive by July 10, 2027; and Article 18 by July 10, 2029. The AMLR likewise has a July 10, 2029 application date for the categories identified in Article 3, points (3)(n) and (o).<\/p>\n

    Editorial framing<\/h3>\n

    For a crypto-law reference profile, the EU AML Package should be framed as an AML\/CFT compliance and supervisory framework rather than a market-access statute. It does not replace MiCA\u2019s authorization regime for crypto-asset service providers, and it should not be described as legal advice on how a CASP should comply. The durable crypto relevance is that the AMLR places CASPs inside a harmonized EU AML rulebook while AMLD6 builds the national supervisory, FIU and registry infrastructure that supports enforcement and information access across Member States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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