AMLA consults on three draft ITS on FIU cooperation: reporting formats to the EPPO and information exchange via FIU.net

In brief

• What: consultation on three draft implementing technical standards (ITS) setting common formats for cooperation between financial intelligence units (FIUs), AMLA and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).
• Who issues it: AMLA — the EU Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism.
• Status / timing: consultation ongoing; public hearings were held on 27 May 2026; consultation deadline to be verified on the AMLA website.

What changes

AMLA is consulting on three draft ITS introducing standardised formats for information exchange within the EU’s intelligence architecture. The first ITS concerns the format in which financial intelligence units (FIUs) report to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) suspicions of offences affecting the EU’s financial interests. The second sets out the format in which AMLA itself reports findings from joint analyses to the EPPO — both requiring submissions in a machine-readable form through a secure channel. The third ITS establishes six standard templates for information exchange between the FIUs of individual Member States on the FIU.net system. Mandate references for the draft ITS — to be verified on the AMLA website.

Who is affected

The regulation concerns solely the financial intelligence units (FIUs) of EU Member States — in Poland this is the General Inspector of Financial Information (GIIF) — as well as AMLA and the EPPO. Member State law enforcement authorities that cooperate with FIUs remain indirectly within scope.

What it means for non-financial firms

This change does not concern non-financial firms. The ITS govern technical interoperability between public authorities — it is a question of the format in which the GIIF sends a message to the EPPO or to another country’s FIU, not a question of firms’ obligations.

Firms have no direct relationship with the FIU.net system or with the EPPO in the context of AML reporting — that is the domain of banks and other obliged entities submitting suspicious transaction reports. If you are wondering whether your firm is subject to AML obligations at all, start by checking the sanction screening obligation — and by understanding what the AMLA authority and the entire EU AML package are.

What’s next

Once the consultation closes, AMLA will publish the final versions of the three ITS. The consultation deadline is to be verified. Full press release: AMLA holds public hearings to consult on draft ITS for FIU cooperation.