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The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) launched today a public consultation on two anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) Guidelines. These Guidelines promote a common understanding of the risk-based approach to AML/CFT and set out how it should be applied by credit and financial institutions and competent authorities across the EU. The documents are part of the Joint Committee’s work to establish consistent and effective, risk-based supervisory practices across the EU.

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) today published a Protocol for Supervisory Cooperation in the field of anti-money laundering (AML). The protocol is aimed at facilitating the cross-border exchange of information between national (home and host) supervisors overseeing agents and branches of payment institutions.

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) has today published a report on the application of AML/CTF obligations to, and the AML/CTF supervision of e-money issuers, agents and distributors in Europe.

The three Level 3 Committees [the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions (CEIOPS)] - through the 3L3 Anti Money Laundering Task Force (AMLTF) - publish today their common understanding in relation to the information on the payer of accompanying fund transfers to payment service providers of payees, arising out of the EU Regulation 1781/2006. The paper published today follows a consultation of three months which closed on 26 June 2008.

The three Level 3 Committees (the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR), the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pension Supervisors (CEIOPS) – through its 3L3 Anti Money Laundering Task Force (AMLTF) – publish today their compendium paper on the supervisory implementation practices amongst EU Member States of the Third Money Laundering Directive (2005/60/EC).