Commission Decision (EU) 2025/898 of 15 May 2025 amending the Annex to the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Vatican City State
Date: 2025-05-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Subjects: European Monetary Agreement, Holy See, agreement (EU), application of EU law, counterfeiting, euro, financial legislation, fraud, money laundering, revision of an agreement








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2025/898


22.5.2025







            COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2025/898
of 15 May 2025
         
amending the Annex to the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Vatican City State


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to the Monetary Agreement of 17 December 2009 between the European Union and the Vatican City State (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Monetary Agreement between the Union and the Vatican (‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 2010.












(2)


Article 8(1) the Agreement requires the Vatican to implement Union legal acts and rules on euro banknotes and coins, prevention of money laundering, of fraud and counterfeiting of cash and non-cash means of payment; medals and tokens and statistical reporting requirements. Those acts and rules are listed in the Annex to the Monetary Agreement.












(3)


The Annex to the Monetary Agreement should be amended by the Commission every year to take into account the new relevant Union legal acts and rules and the amendments to the existing ones.












(4)


Some legal acts and rules of the Union are not relevant anymore and should therefore be deleted from the Annex, while other relevant legal acts and rules of the Union were adopted or amended and should be added to the Annex.












(5)


The Annex to the Monetary Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The Annex to the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Vatican City State is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 15 May 2025.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ C 28, 4.2.2010, p. 13.




ANNEX



‘ANNEX







 



Legal provisions to be implemented




Deadline for implementing





 




Prevention of money laundering




 





1




Council Framework Decision 2001/500/JHA of 26 June 2001 on money laundering, the identification, tracing, freezing, seizing and confiscation of instrumentalities and the proceeds of crime (OJ L 182, 5.7.2001, p. 1)


 





2




Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union (OJ L 127, 29.4.2014, p. 39)


31 December 2016(2)






3




Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 (OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 1)


31 December 2017(3)






4




Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets and amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 (OJ L 150, 9.6.2023, p. 1)


31 December 2026(12)






5




Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC (OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 73)


31 December 2017(3)





 


Amended by:


 





5-1



Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, and amending Directives 2009/138/EC and 2013/36/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 43)


31 March 2020(6)






5-2



Supplemented by:
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council by identifying high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies (OJ L 254, 20.9.2016, p. 1)


31 December 2017(5)





 


Amended by:


 





5-2-1



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/105 of 27 October 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675, as regards adding Ethiopia to the list of high-risk third countries in the table in point I of the Annex (OJ L 19, 24.1.2018, p. 1)


31 March 2019(6)






5-2-2



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/212 of 13 December 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia to the table in point I of the Annex (OJ L 41, 14.2.2018, p. 4)


31 March 2019(6)






5-2-3



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1467 of 27 July 2018 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding Pakistan to the table in point I of the Annex (OJ L 246, 2.10.2018, p. 1)


31 December 2019(7)






5-2-4



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/855 of 7 May 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding the Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Cambodia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar/Burma, Nicaragua, Panama and Zimbabwe to the table in point I of the Annex and deleting Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Guyana, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka and Tunisia from this table (OJ L 195, 19.6.2020, p. 1)


31 December 2022(9)






5-2-5



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/37 of 7 December 2020 on amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards deleting Mongolia from the table in point I of the Annex (OJ L 14, 18.1.2021, p. 1)


31 December 2023(9)






5-2-6



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/229 of 7 January 2022 on amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding Burkina Faso, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jordan, Mali, Morocco, the Philippines, Senegal, and South Sudan to the table in point I of the Annex and deleting the Bahamas, Botswana, Ghana, Iraq and Mauritius from this table (OJ L 39, 21.2.2022, p. 4)


31 December 2024(10)






5-2-7



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/410 of 19 December 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 as regards adding the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gibraltar, Mozambique, Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates to Table I of the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 and deleting Nicaragua, Pakistan and Zimbabwe from that table (OJ L 59, 24.2.2023, p. 3)


31 December 2025(11)






5-2-8



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1219 of 17 May 2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 as regards adding Nigeria and South Africa to the table in point I of the Annex and deleting Cambodia and Morocco from that table (OJ L 160, 26.6.2023, p. 1)


31 December 2025(12)






5-2-9



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2070 of 18 August 2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Cameroon and Vietnam to the list of high-risk third countries (OJ L 239, 28.9.2023, p. 1)


31 December 2025(12)






5-2-10



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/163 of 12 December 2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 as regards the deletion of the Cayman Islands and Jordan from the table in point I of the Annex (OJ L, 2024/163, 18.1.2024)


31 December 2025(12)






5-3



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/758 of 31 January 2019 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the minimum action and the type of additional measures credit and financial institutions must take to mitigate money laundering and terrorist financing risk in certain third countries (OJ L 125, 14.5.2019, p. 4)


 





5-4



Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets and amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 (OJ L 150, 9.6.2023, p. 1–39)


31 December 2026(12)






6




Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls on cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 (OJ L 284, 12.11.2018, p. 6)


31 December 2021(7)






7




Directive (EU) 2018/1673 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on combating money laundering by criminal law (OJ L 284, 12.11.2018, p. 22)


31 December 2021(7)






8




Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (OJ L, 2024/1624, 19.6.2024)


31 December 2028(12)






9




Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on the mechanisms to be put in place by Member States for the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937, and amending and repealing Directive (EU) 2015/849 (OJ L, 2024/1640, 19.6.2024)


31 December 2028(12)






10




Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (OJ L, 2024/1620, 19.6.2024)


31 December 2028(12)





 




Prevention of fraud and counterfeiting




 





11




Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 of 28 June 2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (OJ L 181, 4.7.2001, p. 6)


31 December 2010




 


Amended by:


 





11-1



Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2009 of 18 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (OJ L 17, 22.1.2009, p. 1)


 





12




Council Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 of 6 December 2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins (OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 1)


31 December 2010




 


Amended by:


 





12-1



Council Regulation (EC) No 46/2009 of 18 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins (OJ L 17, 22.1.2009, p. 5)


 





13




Directive 2014/62/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the protection of the euro and other currencies against counterfeiting by criminal law, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2000/383/JHA (OJ L 151, 21.5.2014, p. 1)


31 December 2016(2)






14




Directive (EU) 2019/713 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/413/JHA (OJ L 123, 10.5.2019, p. 18)


31 December 2021(7)





 




Rules on euro banknotes and coins




 





15




Council Conclusions of 10 May 1999 on the quality management system for euro coins


31 December 2010





16




Guideline ECB/2003/5 of the European Central Bank of 20 March 2003 on the enforcement of measures to counter non-compliant reproductions of euro banknotes and on the exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (OJ L 78, 25.3.2003, p. 20).


31 December 2010




 


Amended by :


 





16-1



Guideline ECB/2013/11 of the European Central Bank of 19 April 2013 amending Guideline ECB/2003/5 on the enforcement of measures to counter non-compliant reproductions of euro banknotes and on the exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (OJ L 118, 30.4.2013, p. 43)


31 December 2014(1)






16-2



Guideline (EU) 2020/2091 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2020 amending Guideline ECB/2003/5 on the enforcement of measures to counter non-compliant reproductions of euro banknotes and on the exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (ECB/2020/61) (OJ L 423, 15.12.2020, p. 65)


30 September 2022(9)






17




Decision ECB/2010/14 of the European Central Bank of 16 September 2010 on the authenticity and fitness checking and recirculation of euro banknotes (OJ L 267, 9.10.2010, p. 1)


31 December 2012




 


Amended by:


 





17-1



Decision ECB/2012/19 of the European Central Bank of 7 September 2012 (OJ L 253, 20.9.2012, p. 19)


31 December 2013(1)






17-2



Decision (EU) 2019/2195 of the European Central Bank of 5 December 2019 amending Decision ECB/2010/14 on the authenticity and fitness checking and recirculation of euro banknotes (ECB/2019/39) (OJ L 330, 20.12.2019, p. 91)


31 December 2021(8)






18




Regulation (EU) No 1210/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 concerning authentication of euro coins and handling of euro coins unfit for circulation (OJ L 339, 22.12.2010, p. 1)


31 December 2012





19




Regulation (EU) No 651/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the issuance of euro coins (OJ L 201, 27.7.2012, p. 135)


31 December 2013(1)






20




Decision ECB/2013/10 of the European Central Bank of 19 April 2013 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (OJ L 118, 30.4.2013, p. 37)


31 December 2014(1)





 


Amended by:


 





20-1



Decision (EU) 2019/669 of the European Central Bank of 4 April 2019 amending Decision ECB/2013/10 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (OJ L 113, 29.4.2019, p. 6)


31 December 2020(7)






20-2



Decision (EU) 2020/2090 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2020 amending Decision ECB/2013/10 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (ECB/2020/60) (OJ L 423, 15.12.2020, p. 62)


30 September 2022(9)






21




Council Regulation (EU) No 729/2014 of 24 June 2014 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation (Recast) (OJ L 194, 2.7.2014, p. 1)


30 September 2014(2)






Section of the Annex to the Monetary Agreement in accordance with the Ad hoc arrangement of the Joint Committee on a request from the Holy See and Vatican City State on the inclusion of relevant rules applicable to entities carrying out financial activities on a professional basis








 



Relevant parts of the following legal instruments




Deadline for implementing






22




Council Directive 86/635/EEC of 8 December 1986 on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions (OJ L 372, 31.12.1986, p. 1)


31 December 2016(2)





 


Amended by:


 





22-1



Directive 2001/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 28)


 





22-2



Directive 2003/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2003 (OJ L 178, 17.7.2003, p. 16)


 





22-3



Directive 2006/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 (OJ L 224, 16.8.2006, p. 1)


 





23




Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 338)


31 December 2017(2)





 


Amended by :


 





23-1



Directive (EU) 2021/338 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2021 amending Directive 2014/65/EU as regards information requirements, product governance and position limits, and Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/878 as regards their application to investment firms, to help the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis (OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 14)


31 December 2023(9)






24




Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1) and the related level 2 measures as appropriate


31 December 2017(2)





 


Amended by:


 





24-1



Regulation (EU) 2017/2395 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards transitional arrangements for mitigating the impact of the introduction of IFRS 9 on own funds and for the large exposures treatment of certain public sector exposures denominated in the domestic currency of any Member State (OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 27)


30 June 2019(6)






24-2



Regulation (EU) 2017/2401 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 1)


31 March 2020(6)






24-3



Regulation (EU) 2019/630 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 4)


31 December 2020(7)






24-4



Regulation (EU) 2019/876 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards the leverage ratio, the net stable funding ratio, requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities, counterparty credit risk, market risk, exposures to central counterparties, exposures to collective investment undertakings, large exposures, reporting and disclosure requirements, and Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 150, 7.6.2019, p. 1)


31 December 2023(8)






24-5



Regulation (EU) 2020/873 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 575/2013 and (EU) 2019/876 as regards certain adjustments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (OJ L 204, 26.6.2020, p. 4)


31 December 2022 (with the exception of point (4) of Article 1 – 31 December 2023)(9)






24-6



Regulation (EU) 2021/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards adjustments to the securitisation framework to support the economic recovery in response to the COVID-19 crisis (O L 116, 6.4.2021, p. 25)


31 December 2023 (with the exception of points (2) and (4) of Article 1 – 31 December 2024)(9)






25




Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 1) and the related level 2 measures as appropriate


30 September 2018(4)





 


Amended by:


 





25-1



Regulation (EU) 2016/1033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments, Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse and Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories (OJ L 175, 30.6.2016, p. 1)


30 September 2018(5)






26




Directive 2014/57/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on criminal sanctions for market abuse (market abuse directive) (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 179)


30 September 2018(4)





 




Legislation on collection of statistical information*




 





29




Guideline ECB/2013/24 of the European Central Bank of 25 July 2013 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central Bank in the field of quarterly financial accounts (OJ L 2, 7.1.2014, p. 34)


31 December 2016(2)





 


Amended by:


 





29-1



Guideline (EU) 2016/66 of the European Central Bank of 26 November 2015 amending Guideline ECB/2013/24 on the statistical reporting requirements of the ECB in the field of quarterly financial accounts (ECB/2015/40) (OJ L 14, 21.1.2016, p. 36)


31 March 2017(4)






29-2



Guideline (EU) 2020/1553 of the European Central Bank of 14 October 2020 amending Guideline ECB/2013/24 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central Bank in the field of quarterly financial accounts (ECB/2020/51) (OJ L 354, 26.10.2020, p. 24)


31 December 2022(9)






29-3



Guideline (EU) 2021/827 of the European Central Bank of 29 April 2021 amending Guideline ECB/2013/24 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central Bank in the field of quarterly financial accounts (ECB/2021/20) (OJ L 184, 25.5.2021, p. 4)


31 December 2022(9)






30




Regulation (EU) 2021/379 of the European Central Bank of 22 January 2021 on the balance sheet items of credit institutions and of the monetary financial institutions sector (recast) (ECB/2021/2) (OJ L 73, 3.3.2021, p. 16)


31 December 2022(9)






31




Regulation (EU) No 1072/2013 of the European Central Bank of 24 September 2013 concerning statistics on interest rates applied by monetary financial institutions (ECB/2013/34) (OJ L 297, 7.11.2013, p. 51)


31 December 2016(2)





 


Amended by:


 





31-1



Regulation (EU) No 756/2014 of the European Central Bank of 8 July 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 1072/2013 (ECB/2013/34) concerning statistics on interest rates applied by monetary financial institutions (ECB/2014/30) (OJ L 205, 12.7.2014, p. 14)


 





32




Guideline (EU) 2021/830 of the European Central Bank of 26 March 2021 on balance sheet item statistics and interest rate statistics of monetary financial institutions (ECB/2021/11)


31 December 2022(9)





 


Amended by:


 





32-1



Guideline (EU) 2022/67 of the European Central Bank of 6 January 2022 amending Guideline (EU) 2021/830 on balance sheet item statistics and interest rate statistics of monetary financial institutions (ECB/2022/1) (OJ L 11, 18.1.2022, p. 56)


31 December 2023(10)












(1)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2013.











(2)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2014.











(3)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2015.











(4)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2016.











(5)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2017.











(6)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2018.











(7)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2019.











(8)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2020.











(9)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2021.











(10)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2022.











(11)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2023.











(12)



These deadlines were agreed by the Joint Committee of 2024.










*


As agreed under the template on simplified statistical reporting.










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