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Statement of the Advisory Authority for Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing on the publication of the 5th Round Mutual Evaluation Report of Cyprus by MONEYVAL, the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Counter Financing of Terrorism.

The Cyprus Advisory Authority has released a statement about the recent publication of the Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) about the island, which has been conducted by MONEYVAL (the Committee of the Council of Europe) after several months of investigations and evaluations.

The tax information exchange agreement signed between Singapore and the US in back in November 2018 will officially enter into force this year, finally on March the 5th 2020.

The UK government has released the latest guidelines to implement the Council Directive EU 2018/822 (DAC6) requirements on the necessary exposure of international tax structures.

The National Assembly of Panama have officially passed Bill No.169, which means that a private register of beneficial owners of Panamanian legal entities will be established imminently, accessible by authorised agents and designated officers.

In order to comply with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force's (CFATF’s) proposals for harsher AML (anti-money laundering) legislation, the Cayman Islands government has announced that a further five Bills are to be presented to the legislative assembly by next month (Feb 21st 2020).

Several cryptocurrency companies announced last financial year that they will be unable to continue trading and will be stopping their operations as a result of the EU Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), which is scheduled to come into effect in all EU Member States on 10 January 2020.

The Danish government has prepared an initiative, encouraging EU finance ministers across the bloc to consider extending the criteria for its blacklist of 'non-cooperative' jurisdictions, in order for faulting EU Member States to be included on the list.

The Singapore Payment Services Act 2019 (PSA) was published earlier last month as a draft, which will be effective in Singapore later this month from the 28th of January 2020. MAS also released a statement that sections relating to consequential amendments to other legislation (111, 113 & 114) have not come into force yet.

The European Commission has granted Cyprus’ Shipping request by to prolong the Cyprus Shipping Taxation System for another 10 years. The extension request was submitted to the Commission for official approval earlier towards the end of 2019, according to reports.