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Ministerial Regulation of 16 November 2018 amending Ministerial Regulation of 9 July 2009 creating
the Committee on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing
(Mém. A 2018, No 1050)
Ministerial Regulation of 9 July 2009 creating the Committee on the prevention of money laundering and
terrorist financing is amended as follows:
“Art. 1.
(1) A Committee on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing is hereby established.
This committee shall inter alia:
- constitute a multi-disciplinary round table for exchanges on money laundering and terrorist financing;
- contribute to the development, coordination and assessment of national policies and strategies to
prevent money laundering and terrorist financing;
- ensure adequate dissemination of knowledge concerning the prevention of money laundering and
terrorist financing;
- keep the national risk assessment up to date.
(2) To fulfil this mission, the committee may:
a) seek and propose appropriate and necessary measures to effectively combat money laundering and
terrorist financing according to a global and multi-disciplinary approach, at national and international
level and in the public as well as private sector;
b) propose priorities and measures to implement for the development of national anti-money laundering
and combating the financing of terrorism policies;
c) follow up on data on criminal, disciplinary or other types of enforcement in the fight against money
laundering and terrorist financing;
d) contribute to the dissemination of information on the fight against the financing of terrorism, notably
by supporting the publication of relating documents and by organising or supporting the organisation
of training, seminars or other similar events by public and private entities;
e) follow up on working groups that deal with the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
within the different international organisations;
f) study the efficiency of the anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism measures
and instruments, while ensuring the coordination between all the bodies or agencies involved in the
fight against money laundering and terrorist financing;
g) issue, upon request or on its own initiative, opinions and recommendations on any question related
to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
Art. 2.
(1) The committee shall be composed of representatives of public and private sector stakeholders
concerned by the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. It shall include, at least, the
following members:
1° the Minister responsible for Justice;
2° the representative of the ministry responsible for Justice who exercises the role of national
coordinator of the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing;
3° a representative of the ministry responsible for the Financial Centre;
4° a representative of the Commission de surveillance du secteur financier;
5° a representative of the Commissariat aux assurances;
6° a representative of the Administration de l’enregistrement et des domaines;
7° a representative of the Cellule de renseignement financier (Financial Intelligence Unit);
8° a representative of the Chief Public Prosecutor;
9° a representative of the State Prosecutors at the district courts;
10° a representative of the investigative judge's office at the district courts;
11° a representative of the Grand Ducal Police;
12° a representative of the Administration des douanes et accises;
13° a representative of the Service de renseignement de l’État;
14° a representative of the Association des banques et banquiers Luxembourg;