1. Legislation
  2. Banking Financial Legislation
  3. Legislation in the field of preventing and combating money laundering and terrorist financing

Legislation in the field of preventing and combating money laundering and terrorist financing


  • Law No. 129/2009 on preventing and combating of money laundering and terrorist financing (Romanian only)
  • NBR Regulation No. 2/2019 on preventing and combating of money laundering and terrorist financing (Romanian only)
    • NBR Regulation No. 2/2019 on preventing and combating of money laundering and terrorist financing
    • NBR Regulation No. 11/2022 regarding the amendment and completion of some normative acts issued by the National Bank of Romania (which brings, among other things, amendments and additions to NBR Regulation No. 2/2019); (Romanian only)
  • Instructions of 13.08.2019 on the measures payment service providers should take to detect missing or incomplete information on the payer or the payee, and the procedures they should put in place to manage a transfer of funds lacking the required information (Romanian only)
    • Joint Guidelines JC/GL/2017/16 under Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2015/847 on the measures payment service providers should take to detect missing or incomplete information on the payer or the payee, and the procedures they should put in place to manage a transfer of funds lacking the required information
  • Instructions of 26.10.2021 on the risk factors of money laundering and terrorist financing (Romanian only)
    • EBA/GL/2021/02 on customer due diligence and the factors credit and financial institutions should consider when assessing the money laundering and terrorist financing risk associated with individual business relationships and occasional transactions (‘The ML/TF Risk Factors Guidelines’) under Articles 17 and 18(4) of Directive (EU) 2015/849
  • Regulation (EU) 2015/847 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006