MEPS PUSH BACK AGAINST ECJ RULING ON BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REGISTER ACCESS
March 11th, 2023
Key European Parliament (EP) committees have pushed back against the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling last November (2022) that said the European Union (EU) had allowed excessive access to beneficial ownership (BO) registers, breaching EU privacy rights.
In approved proposed amendments to AML/CFT reforms under discussion by the EU, the EP’s economic and monetary affairs committee and civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee said that persons with legitimate interest, such as journalists, civil society organisations and higher education ...
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