CySEC urges participation in AMLA hearing on EU anti-money laundering risk rules

Nicosia, Cyprus. The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has urged regulated entities to participate in an Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) public hearing on draft EU standards for assessing money laundering and terrorist financing risks.

The online hearing is scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2026, from 10am to noon Central European Time. Registration closes at 10am on the same day.

Draft standards

The hearing concerns draft Regulatory Technical Standards being developed by AMLA under Article 40(2) of the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Directive.

The standards are intended to establish a common methodology for assessing the inherent and residual risk profiles of businesses covered by EU anti-money laundering rules in the non-financial sector.

Risk assessment methodology

The methodology is designed to help regulators assess how exposed a business is to money laundering and terrorist financing risks before and after accounting for measures implemented to control those risks.

The distinction is relevant because a business may operate in an activity carrying relatively high risks while maintaining strong internal controls that reduce its remaining exposure.

Consultation process

AMLA said the draft standards are intended to support a consistent, proportionate and effective approach to risk-based supervision across the European Union.

The proposed methodology forms part of AMLA’s public consultation on assessing and classifying the risk profiles of obliged entities in the non-financial sector.

Obliged entities are businesses and professionals subject to EU anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements and required to identify and manage relevant risks.

The hearing will allow stakeholders to discuss the proposed methodology directly with AMLA before the standards are finalised.