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On July 3, 2026, the Authority for Anti-Money Launcing and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) finalised three sets of standards designed to standardise financial intelligence reporting and cooperation across the European Union. The standards establish common formats for financial intelligence units (FIUs) to exchange information with each other and to report findings to the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO). Two of the standards create a single format for reporting to the EPPO, which investigates and prosecutes crimes against the EU's financial interests. One standard covers how FIUs report the results of their own analyses, while the other addresses how AMLA reports joint analyses. Both standards employ a shared, machine-readable template that enables the EPPO to receive complete, comparable information it can process automatically. The third standard provides FIUs with common templates for exchanging information with each other, covering all types of exchanges—whether sent spontaneously or on request—including feedback and cross-border reports. All exchanges operate through FIU.net, the secure network FIUs already use. The standards also simplify consent rules to enable information to move between FIUs more quickly while maintaining existing safeguards. AMLA developed these standards through extensive collaboration with FIUs and the EPPO via dedicated working groups, with additional feedback collected through a public hearing in May 2026. The standards are now submitted to the European Commission for adoption and publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The EPPO reporting rules take effect from July 10, 2027, while certain technical requirements, including fully machine-readable reporting and full FIU.net integration, follow by July 10, 2028.