The nine candidates to host the future European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) will present their bids at a public hearing on Tuesday 30 January before the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).
This is the first time that public hearings have been part of the process of selecting the seat of a new EU agency following the ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU, which gives the Parliament an equal say with the EU Council in determining the host cities of future agencies (see EUROPE 13318/27).
Each Member State will be heard for one hour, in this order: - Italy for Rome; - Austria to Vienna; - Lithuania for Vilnius; - Latvia for Riga; - Germany for Frankfurt am Main; - Ireland for Dublin; - Spain for Madrid; - Belgium for Brussels; - France for Paris.
In November, the candidates submitted their applications to the European Commission (see EUROPE 13291/29), which then analysed them (see EUROPE 13334/22).
The seat of the AMLA will be determined by a joint vote of the Parliament and the EU Council. These two had reached a provisional agreement on the regulation establishing the AMLA (see EUROPE 13318/27). (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)