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DIRECTIVE (EU) 2024/1640 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 31 May 2024 on the mechanisms to be put in place by Member States for the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Directive(EU) 2019/1937, and amending and repealing Directive (EU) 2015/849 (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Member States shall not prohibit or place unreasonable or unduly restrictive conditions on the exchange of information or assistance between competent authorities and their counterparts for the purposes of this Directive. Member States shall ensure that competent authorities do not refuse a request for assistance on the grounds that: (a) the request is also considered to involve tax matters; (b) national law requires obliged entities to maintain secrecy or confidentiality, except in those cases where the relevant information that is sought is protected by legal privilege or where legal professional secrecy applies, as provided for in Article 70(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624; (c) there is an inquiry, investigation, proceeding or FIU analysis underway in the requested Member State, unless the assistance would impede that inquiry, investigation, proceeding or FIU analysis; (d) the nature or status of the requesting counterpart competent authority is different from that of requested competent authority.

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