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By Catherine MARTOUGIN, Partner at Baker McKenzie Luxembourg
On December 6, 2017, the Luxembourg bill of law n°7217 (the “Bill”) has been announced to transpose into Luxembourg law certain provisions(1) of the 4th European Union anti-money laundering directive EU 2015/849 dated 20 May 2015 (the “4th AML Directive”). The 4th AML Directive introduced, in particular, new obligations for corporate entities who will be obliged (i) to collect information and documents and to maintain a register on their own beneficial owners and (ii) to communicate such information on their beneficial owners to a national register (the “REBECO”).
New obligations on corporate entities
The obligations created under the Bill are two...
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