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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 (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Member States may decide that persons that engage in a financial activity on an occasional or very limited basis where there is little risk of money laundering or terrorist financing do not fall within the scope of this Directive, provided that all of the following criteria are met: (a) the financial activity is limited in absolute terms; (b) the financial activity is limited on a transaction basis; (c) the financial activity is not the main activity of such persons; (d) the financial activity is ancillary and directly related to the main activity of such persons; (e) the main activity of such persons is not an activity referred to in points (a) to (d) or point (f) of paragraph 1(3); (f) the financial activity is provided only to the customers of the main activity of such persons and is not generally offered to the public. The first subparagraph shall not apply to persons engaged in the activity of money remittance as defined in point (13) of Article 4 of Directive 2007/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (21).

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-09-04