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Directive (EU) 2019/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 laying down rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences, and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHARecitalsChapter I General Provisions (arts. 1-3)Article 1 Subject matterArticle 2 DefinitionsArticle 3 Designation of competent authoritiesChapter II Access by competent authorities to bank account information and the format of transaction records (arts. 4-6a)Article 4 Access to and searches of bank account information by competent authoritiesArticle 5 Conditions for access and for searches by competent authoritiesArticle 6 Monitoring access and searches by competent authoritiesArticle 6a Transaction recordsChapter III Exchange of information between competent authorities and FIUs, and between FIUs (arts. 7-10)Article 7 Requests for information by competent authorities to an FIUArticle 8 Requests of information by an FIU to competent authoritiesArticle 9 Exchange of information between FIUs of different Member StatesArticle 10 Exchange of information between competent authorities of different Member StatesChapter IV Exchange of information with Europol (arts. 11-14)Article 11 Provision of bank account information to EuropolArticle 12 Exchange of information between Europol and FIUsArticle 13 Detailed arrangements for the exchange of informationArticle 14 Data protection requirementsChapter V Additional provisions related to the processing of personal data (arts. 15-18)Article 15 ScopeArticle 16 Processing of sensitive personal dataArticle 17 Records of information requestsArticle 18 Restrictions to data subjects’ rightsChapter VI Final provisions (arts. 19-26)Article 19 MonitoringArticle 20 Relationship to other instrumentsArticle 21 EvaluationArticle 22 Committee procedureArticle 23 TranspositionArticle 24 Repeal of Decision 2000/642/JHAArticle 25 Entry into forceArticle 26 AddresseesDone at
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AI Summary of Directive (EU) 2019/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 laying down rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences, and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHA

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Version status: Entered into force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Published date: 11 July 2019

Directive (EU) 2019/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 laying down rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences, and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHA

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Recitals
Chapter I General Provisions (arts. 1-3)
Article 1 Subject matter
Article 2 Definitions
Article 3 Designation of competent authorities
Chapter II Access by competent authorities to bank account information and the format of transaction records (arts. 4-6a)
Article 4 Access to and searches of bank account information by competent authorities
Article 5 Conditions for access and for searches by competent authorities
Article 6 Monitoring access and searches by competent authorities
Article 6a Transaction records
Chapter III Exchange of information between competent authorities and FIUs, and between FIUs (arts. 7-10)
Article 7 Requests for information by competent authorities to an FIU
Article 8 Requests of information by an FIU to competent authorities
Article 9 Exchange of information between FIUs of different Member States
Article 10 Exchange of information between competent authorities of different Member States
Chapter IV Exchange of information with Europol (arts. 11-14)
Article 11 Provision of bank account information to Europol
Article 12 Exchange of information between Europol and FIUs
Article 13 Detailed arrangements for the exchange of information
Article 14 Data protection requirements
Chapter V Additional provisions related to the processing of personal data (arts. 15-18)
Article 15 Scope
Article 16 Processing of sensitive personal data
Article 17 Records of information requests
Article 18 Restrictions to data subjects’ rights
Chapter VI Final provisions (arts. 19-26)
Article 19 Monitoring
Article 20 Relationship to other instruments
Article 21 Evaluation
Article 22 Committee procedure
Article 23 Transposition
Article 24 Repeal of Decision 2000/642/JHA
Article 25 Entry into force
Article 26 Addressees
Done at
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