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On May 26, 2026, Malta's Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) informed subject persons of developments issued by the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) regarding the framework for AMLA's direct supervision of selected financial institutions and groups within the European Union. On May 12, 2026, AMLA published a reporting package designed to support national supervisory authorities in identifying provisionally eligible obliged entities that may fall under AMLA's direct supervisory remit from 2028 onwards. This marks a significant milestone ahead of AMLA's first selection cycle, scheduled for 2027. Financial institutions or groups operating in six or more EU Member States may be considered eligible for selection. The identification process will rely on a harmonised EU-wide risk assessment methodology developed under the new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) legislative package. Competent authorities will be responsible for collecting and validating the required information from entities under their supervision. AMLA has issued a standardised reporting template and an interpretative note to ensure consistent data collection across Member States. AMLA will host a public webinar on June 10, 2026, from 10:00–12:00 Central European Summer Time to provide a practical walkthrough of the reporting template. The session is open to all interested participants with capacity for up to 3,000 attendees and requires no registration. Participants may submit questions in advance through a dedicated survey by June 5, 2026, and a full recording will be made available following the session. The deadline for national supervisors to complete the data collection exercise is August 15, 2026, with the provisional list of eligible entities to be published by the end of September 2026. The FIAU encourages subject persons, particularly those with cross-border operations within the EU, to review AMLA's reporting requirements and consider the potential implications of the upcoming supervisory framework.