Circular letter
Latest update on the AML/CFT
standardised data collection
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Circular letter
Latest update on the AML/CFT standardised data collection
To the Management Board and the Board of Directors of all:
- Credit institutions;
- Investment firms;
- Investment fund managers including registered AIFMs, Luxembourg branches of
investment fund managers, SIAG, FIAAG and investment funds which did not
designate an investment fund manager;
- Payment institutions and electronic money institutions;
- Virtual Asset Service Providers
- Crypto Asset Service Providers; and
- Central Securities Depositories
incorporated under Luxembourg law.
To all Luxembourg branches of the above-listed entities having their registered office in
an EU country or a third country.
Luxembourg, 16 March 2026
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) would like to inform you that the final
relevant documents for the AML/CFT standardized data collection have now been made available
by AMLA and can be accessed via eDesk.
For additional information and frequently asked questions, please refer to the recorded webinar held
by AMLA and the corresponding slides: AMLA launches data collection exercise to test risk
assessment models - AMLA.
For entities included in the sample, AMLA has updated the deadline to 22nd of April.
For the entities not included in the AMLA data calibration sample, the deadline is the 22nd
of May.
The questionnaire must be submitted via the CSSF eDesk platform by:
- the compliance officer in charge of the control of compliance with the professional
obligations1 (“responsable du contrôle du respect des obligations professionnelles” (“RC”)), or
- the person responsible for compliance with the professional obligations2 (“responsable
du respect des obligations professionnelles” (“RR”)).
The completion of the questionnaire, however, may be assigned within the CSSF eDesk platform to
another employee of the entity or third party, while bearing in mind that the ultimate
1 As per Article 1(1) of the CSSF Regulation N°12-02 of 14 December 2012 on the fight against money laundering
and terrorist financing as amended by CSSF Regulation N°20-05 of 14 August 2020
2 As per Article 1(1) of the CSSF Regulation N°12-02 of 14 December 2012 on the fight against money laundering
and terrorist financing as amended by CSSF Regulation N°20-05 of 14 August 2020
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responsibility for the adequate completion of the questionnaire shall remain with the “RC” or the
“RR”. This implies that the aforementioned person and his/her potential delegate hold an eDesk
account, which requires a LuxTrust authentication.
Claude WAMPACH
Director
Marco ZWICK
Director
Jean-Pierre FABER
Director
Pascale TOUSSING
Director
Claude MARX
Director General