On March 9, 2017, the European Parliament published a report on the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (MLD5), this being the same report adopted by the Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON), as well as Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE).

The report focuses on draft EP legislation resolutions and also contains opinions from the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), Development (DEVE) and International Trade (INTA).

Following publication of the report, the EP must now permit MEPs to start discussions with the European Commission and the Council to begin the process of amending and potentially implementing the directive so that it can be integrated by Member States.