16 EBOCS ECRF 2015 Madrid - Kevin Kerrigan - Final
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European Business Ownership and Control StructuresWith the financial support of the Prevention of and Fight against Crime Programme European Commission -‐ Directorate-‐General Home Affairs
OVERVIEW
EBOCS
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KEVIN KERRIGAN
ECRF, MADRID, 3-5 JUNE, 2015
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ECRF, Madrid 3-5 June 2015
WHAT IS EBOCS?
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EBOCS IN NUMBERS
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ECRF, Madrid 3-5 June 2015
PROJECT PARTNERS
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SERVICES
Natural Person Legal Person
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SEARCH REGISTERED ENTITY
Search Registered Entity
Name, Address, REID, Status, Registration Date, Date of Birth, VAT Number, Previous Names…
• Start: with partial information on a natural or legal person
• Objective: is to find & identify a natural or legal person
[List of natural / legal persons]
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SEARCH OFFICERS AND OWNERS
Search Officers and Owners
• Start: with a unique ID of an natural or legal person
• Objective: to find the companies where the person/company is an officer or an owner
Company A
is a shareholder of
Company B
is an officer of
Company C
Person A or
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GET OFFICERS AND OWNERS
Get Officers and Owners
• Start: with a unique ID of legal person
• Objective: to find the companies where the person/company is an officer or an owner
is a shareholder of
Company B
is an officer of
Company CPerson A
Search Officers and Owners
Person B Company B
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SHAREHOLDER LINKS – LEGAL PERSONS
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SHAREHOLDER LINKS – NATURAL PERSONS
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EBOCS NETWORK
EBOCS Italy
Estonia
Ireland
Latvia
Romania
Italy
Estonia
Data7ProvidersData7Consumers
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TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE
EBOCS Platform
Data Consumers
Business Register 1
EBOCS Gateway
Business Register 1
EBOCS Gateway
Business Register 1
EBOCS Gateway
Intermediary CCA#/#FIU
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VISUALISATION TOOLS
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VISUALISATION TOOLS
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VISUALISATION TOOLS
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VISUALISATION TOOLS
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VISUALISATION TOOLS
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ECRF, Madrid 3-5 June 2015
VISUALISATION TOOLS(PRE-EBOCS)
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VISUALISATION TOOLS(POST-EBOCS)
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VISUALISATION TOOLS
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VISUALISATION TOOLS
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PROJECT STATUS
• Central Platform (Complete) • Partner EBOCS Gateways (Complete) • Visualisation Tool Integration (Complete) • Testing Phase (In Progress) • Sustainability Consideration (In Progress)
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SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS
• Legal & Policy
• Technical
• Funding
• Operational
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THE AML DIRECTIVE – ARTICLE 29
• Member States shall ensure that the information on beneficial ownership is held in a central register
• The data must be accessible
• to competent authorities and FIUs, without any restriction; • to “obliged entities” (e.g. banks) for due diligence • to any persons … that can demonstrate a legitimate interest.
• The central register shall ensure timely and unrestricted access by competent authorities and FIUs, without alerting the entity concerned. It shall also allow timely access by obliged entities
• Member States shall ensure that competent authorities and FIUs are able to provide the information …. to the competent authorities and FIUs of other Member States in a timely manner
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BR QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
Policy Developments: Data Provision
80% of the Business Registry partners are of the opinion that their business register will be utilised as the central register of information on the ultimate beneficial owners of corporate and other legal entities, as required under the 4th anti-‐money laundering directive (AMLD).
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BR QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
Policy Developments: Public Access
Half of respondents think that it is at least likely that their Business Register will allow full public access to beneficial ownership information.
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BR QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
Policy Developments: International Access
Subject to the appropriate levels of security, most partners believe that it is likely that their business register would allow direct access by authorities such as international law enforcement agencies.
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BR QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
Policy Developments: Data Access
A significant majority of respondents indicated that currently there is no legislation or policies that require identification of the individuals accessing their information on Officers and Owners.
Estonia indicated that policies do exist and that every inquiry must be logged.
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BR QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
Policy Developments: Fees
The majority of respondents stated that they would need to recover fees and charges for the provision of Officer and Owner information.
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THANK YOU…