The provision of the Directive (2015/849) on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering, according to which information on the beneficial owners of companies must in all cases be accessible to the general public, is contrary to European Union law, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in a judgment delivered on Tuesday 22 November (cases C-37 & 601/20).
A Luxembourg company and the beneficial owner of such a company brought an action before the...