Article 7 AMLR – Prior notification of exemptions

1.   Member States shall notify the Commission of any exemption that they intend to grant in accordance with Articles 4, 5 and 6 without delay. The notification shall include a justification based on the relevant risk assessment carried out by the Member State to sustain the exemption.

2.   The Commission shall within 2 months of the notification referred to in paragraph 1 take one of the following actions:

(a)	confirm that the exemption may be granted on the basis of the justification given by the Member State;

(b)	by reasoned decision, declare that the exemption may not be granted.

For the purposes of the first subparagraph, the Commission may request additional information from the notifying Member State.

3.   Upon receipt of a confirmation by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 2, point (a), of this Article, Member States may adopt a decision granting the exemption. The decision shall state the reasons on which it is based. Member States shall review such decisions regularly, and in any case when they update their national risk assessment pursuant to Article 8 of Directive (EU) 2024/1640.

4.   By 10 October 2027, Member States shall notify to the Commission the exemptions granted pursuant to Article 2(2) and (3) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 in place on 10 July 2027.

5.   The Commission shall publish every year in the Official Journal of the European Union the list of exemptions granted pursuant to this Article and make that list publicly available on its website.