On 26 September 2019, the Decree implementing the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) (Implementatiebesluit wijziging vierde anti-witwasrichtlijn, the Decree) was published for public consultation. The Decree provides further details on the registration regime of virtual currency exchange platforms and custodian wallet providers that is introduced by the Act implementing 5MLD (please see our previous blog post for … Continue Reading
On 28 August 2019, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published several updates in relation to PSD2. Exemptions from contingency mechanism: sixteen account servicing payment service providers (ASPSP) have applied with DNB for an exemption from the contingency mechanism requirement under Article 33(6) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389. DNB is currently considering these … Continue Reading
On 28 August 2019, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published a final Q&A which provides clarification on whether subscriptions (abonnementen) offered to consumers may be considered as a non-life insurance (schadeverzekering) product DNB indicates that subscriptions exist in various sectors in multiple variations and that the specific content and context of the … Continue Reading
On 28 August 2019, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten AFM) published a news item addressing the licence obligation for proprietary trading firms (handelaren voor eigen rekening), in particular in case orders are executed on behalf of clients. The AFM indicates in order to determine whether someone is dealing on own … Continue Reading
On 16 August 2019, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published a news item indicating that in the last week of August, alternative investment funds and their managers will be receiving a questionnaire in relation to anti-money laundering and sanctions risks. This questionnaire is circulated annually and the AFM … Continue Reading
On 17 July 2019, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) launched a public consultation on its revised guidance document on the Act on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing (Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financieren van terrorisme, Wwft) and the Sanctions Act 1977 (Sanctiewet 1977, SW) (the Guidance Document). The … Continue Reading
On 5 July 2019, the Act on the further remuneration measures for the financial sector (Wet nadere beloningsmaatregelen financiële sector, the Act) was published for public consultation. The Act will, among other things, propose the following amendments to the current remuneration rules: Introduction of a statutory retention period for certain financial instruments: directors and employees … Continue Reading
On 2 July 2019, the Act implementing the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) (Implementatiewet wijziging vierde anti-witwasrichtlijn, the Proposed Act) was submitted to the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer). The Proposed Act will implement the 5MLD into Dutch law, primarily by amending the Act on the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism (Wet ter … Continue Reading
On 1 July 2019, the legislative proposal for the Bank Data Retrieval Portal Act (Wetsvoorstel verwijzingsportaal bankgegevens, the Proposal) was sent to the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer). The Bank Data Retrieval Portal (BDRP) is an electronic system that allows certain Dutch authorities, including but not limited to the police, the public prosecution service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM), … Continue Reading
On 26 June 2019, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published a newsletter with updates relevant for the insurance sector. Updated view on the independence of the supervisory board: DNB has changed its view on the independence functioning of supervisory boards of insurers. DNB’s requirement that at least half (50%) of the supervisory … Continue Reading
On 14 June 2019, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) and the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published the draft Decree amending the Suitability Policy Rule 2012 (Besluit tot wijziging van de Beleidsregel Geschiktheid 2012, the Decree) for public consultation. The Suitability Policy Rule provides for more detailed … Continue Reading
On 12 June 2019, the Financial Supervision Funding Regulation 2019 (Regeling bekostiging financieel toezicht 2019, the Regulation) was published in the Dutch Government Gazette (Staatscourant). The Regulation is based on the Financial Supervision Funding Act (Wet bekostiging financieel toezicht) and the Financial Supervision Funding Decree 2019 (Besluit bekostiging financieel toezicht 2019) and sets out the … Continue Reading
On 7 June 2019, the Dutch Minister sent the Amendment Decree Financial Markets 2019 (Wijzigingsbesluit financiële markten 2019, the Amendment Decree) to the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer) and the Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer). Among other things, the Amendment Decree will amend the Decree on Conduct of Business Supervision of Financial Undertakings (Besluit Gedragstoezicht financiële ondernemingen … Continue Reading
On 23 May 2019, the Act extending notification obligations for shareholders (Wet uitbreiding meldplichten aandeelhouders, the Act) was published for consultation. Chapter 5.3 of the Act on the Financial Supervision (Wet op het financieel toezicht, AFS) will be amended. The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) maintains a register for substantial … Continue Reading
On 4 February 2019, the Dutch Minister of Finance (the Minister) proposed an amendment to the Exemption Regulation AFS (Vrijstellingsregeling Wft, the Regulation), stipulating that Article 10 of the Regulation (also known as: the third-country regime) will temporarily apply to investment firms from the UK if the UK and the EU have not entered into an agreement on … Continue Reading
On 29 January 2019, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published a final Q&A which provides clarification as to whether warranties typically included in purchase agreements can be considered a non-life insurance (schadeverzekering) policy. According to DNB, a warranty in a purchase agreement in principle does not qualify as non-life insurance if the … Continue Reading
On 17 December 2018, the Dutch Minister of Finance (the Minister) sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament on the decision-making progress with regard to the revised EU prudential framework for investment firms. This framework consists of a proposal for a regulation on prudential requirements for investment firms (the Investment Firm Regulation) and a proposal … Continue Reading
On 17 December 2018, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) published a news item on the outcome of its periodical investigation into investment firms and their compliance with the Act on the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism (Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financiering van terrorisme, Wwft) … Continue Reading
On 2 November 2018, the Regulation on costs for one-time supervisory actions (Regeling bekostiging financieel toezicht eenmalige handelingen, the Proposed Regulation) was published for consultation. The Proposed Regulation will amend the fees for one-time supervisory actions by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) and the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche … Continue Reading
On 10 October 2018, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) published the following forms in relation to the Money Market Funds Regulation (MMFR) in its Digital Portal: an application form to be used by managers of alternative investment funds (AIFs) and undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) to … Continue Reading
On 17 September 2018, the Dutch Minister of Finance (the Minister) sent the legislative proposal for the Decree implementing the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) (Implementatiebesluit herziene richtlijn betaaldiensten, the Implementation Decree) to the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer). Amongst other things, the Implementation Decree strengthens the requirements on: authorization as payment institution in the Netherlands; … Continue Reading
On 30 August 2018, the Dutch Minister of Finance (the Minister) published a consultation on amending the Dutch national regime under Section 3 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (recast) (MiFID II). The Minister proposes to extend the scope of the national regime. In addition to advisors in life insurance or mortgage credit, other … Continue Reading
On 30 August 2018, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) notified financial institutions that it expects them to make the necessary amendments to their systems and procedures to comply with the implementation of the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (EU/2015/849) (Vierde anti-witwasrichtlijn, 4MLD) that came into force on 25 July 2018. The main aspects as referred … Continue Reading
On 23 and 24 July 2018, the following legislation implementing the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (EU/2015/849) (Vierde anti-witwasrichtlijn, 4MLD) were published in the Dutch Government Gazette (Staatsblad). the Act implementing 4MLD (Implementatiewet vierde anti-witwasrichtlijn); the Decree implementing 4MLD (Uitvoeringsbesluit vierde anti-witwasrichtlijn); and the Regulation implementing 4MLD (Implementatieregeling vierde anti-witwasrichtlijn). These pieces of legislation will come … Continue Reading
