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Update: Obligation to report to the transparency register came into force for all companies on August 1, 2021; unfortunately without a once-only principle!

The new Transparency Register and Financial Information Act (TraFinG) came into force on August 1, 2021. The TraFinG has reformed the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) in key respects - above all, the so-called notification fiction under Section 20 (2) AMLA has been abolished. We have already reported on the course of the legislative process:

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Dr. Tatjana Schroeder

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