EU AML Single Rulebook: AMLR, AMLD6 & AMLA in Practice (H1004)
With AMLA formally established and laying the groundwork for its first cycle of direct supervision,bringing the EU AML Single Rulebook (Single Rulebook) into practice,this seminar equips compliance professionals and obliged entities with practical readiness for the EU AML/CFT framework. It covers AMLA, the AML Regulation (AMLR), the 6th AML Directive (6AMLD), and key Level 2/3 standards (RTS/ITS). Participants will learn how these requirements reshape customer due diligence (CDD), beneficial ownership (UBO) transparency, suspicious transaction reporting (STR), governance, and escalation procedures across EU operations.
Table of Contents
- About the Course
- Who Should Attend
- Key Learning Objectives
- Course Curriculum
- Meet the Trainer
- FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions
- Other Upcoming Courses
- Fees & Registration Details
- Registration Form
About the Course
The EU AML Single Rulebook is replacing fragmented national frameworks with one directly applicable standard that all obliged entities must meet by 2027. For compliance officers, this means that policies, risk assessments, customer files and monitoring decisions will be measured against EU‑level expectations and AMLA supervision, not just local guidance.
This course provides a structured walkthrough of the new EU AML package, focusing on the AML Regulation, AMLD6 and AMLA’s supervisory model. It translates legal requirements into practical governance arrangements, customer/business relationship management, monitoring and documentation practices. Through case studies, mapping exercises and implementation tools, participants learn how to redesign their organisation’s AML framework around the EU AML Single Rulebook, coordinate with dedicated programmes on risk assessments and sanctions, and build a realistic, inspection‑ready transition plan to 2027.
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Who Should Attend
This seminar is designed for professionals across the financial services sector and related industries:
Compliance Officers and AML Officers.
MLROs and Deputy MLROs.
Risk Managers and Internal Auditors with AML responsibilities.
Staff of banks, CIFs, payment/EMI institutions, ASPs/TCSPs and crypto‑asset service providers involved in AML processes.
Senior managers overseeing AML compliance.
Key Learning Objectives
By the end of the seminar, participants will be able to:
- Explain how the EU AML Single Rulebook (AML Regulation), AMLD6 and AMLA Regulation fit together, including key milestones up to 2027.
- Describe the main changes for obliged entities in scope, definitions, governance, customer/business relationships, monitoring, sanctions and reporting under the new framework.
- Summarise AMLA’s supervisory model and enforcement powers and how AMLA cooperates with national competent authorities.
- Identify key risk areas under the new regime, including complex beneficial ownership, PEPs, high‑risk jurisdictions, sanctions and crypto‑assets.
- Map their organisation’s AML framework against the EU AML Single Rulebook requirements and identify gaps in governance, policies and documentation.
- Align governance, roles and reporting lines for the compliance function, senior management and the board with Single Rulebook expectations.
- Structure customer/business relationship lifecycles, monitoring, escalation, reporting and record‑keeping so that decisions are well‑documented and defensible to AMLA and national supervisors.
- Prepare a practical Single Rulebook transition roadmap and inspection‑readiness checklist for their organisation up to 2027.
- Adopt a proactive, forward‑looking, risk‑based mindset aligned with EU‑level Single Rulebook expectations rather than minimum local rules.
- Strengthen their sense of accountability and willingness to challenge weak or unclear practices in high‑risk situations.
- Value continuous updating of AML frameworks in response to AMLA guidance, regulatory technical standards and national implementation of AMLD6.
Course Curriculum
- Overview of the new EU AML package: AML Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, AMLD6 (Directive (EU) 2024/1640) and AMLA Regulation.
- Concept of the EU AML Single Rulebook and the shift from fragmented national rules to directly applicable EU standards.
- Key implementation timeline up to 10 July 2027 (and later milestones where relevant).
- Initial mapping of the main impacts for obliged entities and compliance teams (harmonised rules, documentation standards, higher expectations on governance and evidence).
- AMLA’s mandate, structure and division of responsibilities with national competent authorities and FIUs.
- How AMLA will supervise obliged entities: risk assessments, data requests, thematic reviews, direct supervision of selected entities.
- Information and evidence typically requested from compliance teams (risk assessments, policies, customer/business relationship files, monitoring rules, training, board reporting).
- How AMLA guidance, regulatory technical standards and work programme shape expectations up to 2027, in interaction with stronger national frameworks under AMLD6.
- Expanded list of obliged entities under the Single Rulebook, including new sectors (e.g. gambling, crowdfunding, certain lending activities, investment migration, football agents).
- Updated and new definitions critical for compliance: beneficial owner, PEPs, close associates, sanctions, crypto‑assets, governance bodies.
- Practical implications of scope and definitions for onboarding, customer classification and high‑level risk scoring (without detailed methodology).
- Short case examples where incorrect scoping or misapplied definitions create compliance gaps.
- Requirements for internal policies, procedures and controls, including sanctions, outsourcing, training and monitoring of compliance.
- Roles and reporting lines of the Compliance Officer/MLRO, senior management and board under AMLR provisions.
- Staff integrity, competence and conflicts of interest and documenting fit‑and‑proper assessments.
- Outsourcing and support by third parties: activities that may or may not be outsourced and supervisor notification/oversight expectations.
- Concept of the “business relationship” and what must be in place at onboarding under AMLR (customer identification and verification, beneficial owners, purpose and intended nature).
- Maintaining the business relationship: ongoing monitoring of the relationship and keeping CDD information up to date, including periodic and event‑driven reviews.
- Regulatory milestones in the lifecycle: immediate compliance for new relationships from 2027 and remediation of existing portfolios over the applicable transition period.
- Interfaces with other controls: where risk‑based approach, firm‑wide and customer risk assessments, and sanctions screening plug into each stage of the lifecycle (signposting to separate specialised courses).
- Practical mapping exercise: participants sketch their current customer journey (onboarding → monitoring → review → exit) and identify key points where AMLR raises expectations.
- Ongoing monitoring obligations for business relationships and transactions; examples of risk‑based triggers and reviews (without detailed risk‑model design).
- Internal escalation and external reporting flows (SAR/STRs, high‑value and sanctions‑related reports), including expectations influenced by AMLD6 criminalisation and liability.
- Record‑keeping and audit trail standards for CDD, monitoring and reporting so that files can withstand AMLA and national supervisory inspections and potential criminal proceedings.
- Workshop: review of anonymised file examples to identify weaknesses in monitoring, escalation, reporting and documentation from a Single Rulebook perspective.
- Mapping the current AML framework against AMLR, AMLD6 and AMLA requirements (gap‑analysis approach).
- Prioritising changes: governance, policies, procedures, systems, data, documentation and training.
- Designing a Single Rulebook transition roadmap to 2027: sequencing actions, assigning responsibilities, coordinating with parallel projects (risk assessment and sanctions programmes).
- Components of an inspection‑readiness pack for AMLA and national supervisors: risk assessment, policies, customer/business relationship samples, monitoring files, STR logs, training records and board reporting.
- Individual action planning: each participant drafts 5–7 concrete steps to strengthen their organisation’s AML framework before 2027.
Meet the Trainer
Fees & Registration Details
FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. While AMLA will directly supervise only select high-risk entities, all obliged entities in Cyprus will be affected by the AML Single Rulebook. The AML Regulation (AMLR) is directly applicable, and regulators like CySEC, ICPAC, and the CBA are aligning national supervision accordingly.
This course is tailored for Compliance Officers, Directors, MLROs, client onboarding staff, and internal auditors working in ASPs, audit firms, tax advisory firms, CASPs, and other obliged entities in Cyprus. It’s particularly relevant for those subject to CBA, ICPAC or CySEC regulation.
Yes. We provide practical guidance on CySEC Circular C748 and its clarification in Circular C749, which introduce structured AMLA data submission obligations in Cyprus. These circulars represent Cyprus’s first alignment with AMLA’s data-driven supervisory model.
RTS are binding instruments issued by AMLA that specify how the AML Regulation must be implemented across the EU. The course explains how RTS will affect your firm’s internal systems, data formats, and reporting practices , including expected areas like risk assessment, customer due diligence, and transaction monitoring.
No. This course caters to both new and experienced professionals. It builds from foundational concepts to advanced compliance practices, with real-world examples, regulatory insights, and up-to-date tools.
Yes, this training is funded by HRDA. To qualify you must registered via your employers ERMIS account.
Yes. Upon completion, participants receive a Certificate of Attendance. The training is aligned with CBA,CySEC,CBC and ICPAC’s compliance expectations and supports annual CPD requirements. For other CPD recognition you will need to conduct your respective authority to verify it.
The course includes live Q&A, interactive polls, real case studies, and group discussions based on actual inspection findings and red-flag scenarios.
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