Legal provisions of COM(2021)429 - Amendment of Directive 2019/1153, as regards access of competent authorities to centralised bank account registries through the single access point - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2021)429 - Amendment of Directive 2019/1153, as regards access of competent authorities to centralised bank account registries through ... |
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| document | COM(2021)429  |
| date | July 20, 2021 |
Article 1
“1a. Member States shall ensure that the competent national authorities designated pursuant to Article 3(1) have the power to access and search, directly and immediately, bank account information in other Member States available through the bank account registers (BAR) single access point put in place pursuant to Article XX of Directive (EU) YYYY/XX [the new Anti-Money Laundering Directive] when necessary for the performance of their tasks for the purposes of preventing, detecting, investigating or prosecuting a serious criminal offence or supporting a criminal investigation concerning a serious criminal offence, including the identification, tracing and freezing of the assets related to such investigation.”.
Article 2
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.