COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco
Date: 2026-03-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Subjects: European Monetary Agreement, Monaco, agreement (EU), application of EU law, counterfeiting, euro, financial legislation, fraud, money laundering, revision of an agreement








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C/2026/1282


5.3.2026






COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION
pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco
(C/2026/1282)

Annex B to the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco (1) has been replaced by the text in the Annex to this Communication, in accordance with Article 11(5) of the Agreement.


(1)  
            OJ C 23, 28.1.2012.




ANNEX



‘ANNEX B







 


Legal Provisions to be implemented


Deadline for implementing




 




Prevention of money laundering




 





1




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)


30 juin 2017 (2)






2




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 (10)






3




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)


30 June 2017 (2)





 


Amended by:


 





3-1



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 December 2020 (4)





 


Supplemented and implemented by:


 





3-2



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)


1 December 2017 (3)





 


Amended by:


 





3-2-1



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 (4)






3-2-2



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 (4)






3-2-3



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 (5)






3-2-4



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 (7)






3-2-5



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 (7)






3-2-6



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 (8)






3-2-7



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 (9)






3-2-8



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. 1–4)


31 December 2025 (10)






3-2-9



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. 1–4)


31 December 2025 (10)






3-2-10



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 (10)






3-2-11



Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184 of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that list (OJ L, 2025/1184)


31 December 2027 (11)






3-3



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)


31 December 2020 (5)






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. 1–39)


31 December 2026 (10)






4




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 (5)






5




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 (5)






6




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 (10)






7




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 (10)






8




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 (10)





 




Prevention of fraud and counterfeiting




 





9




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)


 




 


Amended by:


 





9-1



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)


 





10




Council Decision 2001/887/JHA of 6 December 2001 on the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (OJ L 329, 14.12.2001, p. 1)


 





11




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)


 




 


Amended by:


 





11-1



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)


 





12



With regard to the offences referred to in its Article 3(b) to (e):

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 2022 (6)






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)


30 June 2016 (1)






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 (5)





 




Banking and financial legislation




 





15




Directive 97/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 March 1997 on investor-compensation schemes (OJ L 84, 26.3.1997, p. 22)


 





16




Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010 and Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ L 150, 9.6.2023, p. 40-205)


31 December 2026 (10)







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(1)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2014 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(2)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2015 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(3)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2017 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(4)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2018 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(5)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2019 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(6)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2020 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(7)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2021 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(8)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2022 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(9)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2023 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(10)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2024 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.

(11)  The Joint Committee agreed on this deadline in 2025 pursuant to Article 11(5) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco.



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