Member States' ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) are expected to reach political agreement in principle on Wednesday 19 December on the new anti-money laundering powers conferred on the European Banking Authority (EBA).
As a reminder, the European Commission proposed these measures last September (see EUROPE 12094), following recent scandals involving several European banking groups in Malta, Latvia and Denmark.
In order to move forward quickly, the Council decided to separate this dossier...