# AMLR Art. 1 — Subject matter > The GwG Art. 1 amendment adding EmbG coercive-measures prevention has been in force since 1 October 2026, together with the TJPG. AMLR Art. 1 applies from 10 July 2027. See [[Effective-dates timeline]]. - **Part of:** [[AMLR]] - **FATF keying:** _none_ - **Swiss provisions:** [[GwG Art. 1 - Subject matter|GwG Art. 1]], [[TJPG Art. 1 - Subject matter and purpose|TJPG Art. 1]] - **Detailed citation:** GwG Art. 1 (rev.); TJPG Art. 1 ## What it requires AMLR Art. 1 states the Regulation's subject matter: (a) measures obliged entities must apply to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing; (b) beneficial-ownership transparency requirements for legal entities, express trusts and similar legal arrangements; (c) measures limiting the misuse of anonymous instruments. ## Swiss position GwG Art. 1 states its own subject matter as combating money laundering (Art. 305bis StGB) and terrorist financing (Art. 260quinquies Abs. 1 StGB) and ensuring diligence in financial transactions - the counterpart to limb (a). As amended by the TJPG Annex, GwG Art. 1 now also covers preventing breaches of coercive measures under the Embargo Act (EmbG) - a subject AMLR Art. 1 does not mention. TJPG Art. 1 is the counterpart for limb (b): it sets transparency requirements for Swiss and certain foreign legal entities and trusts, the duties to identify, verify and report beneficial owners, the transparency register, and identification of holders of foreign entities administered from Switzerland. ## Key divergences Swiss law splits AMLR Art. 1's single subject-matter clause across two statutes: GwG for AML/CFT measures, TJPG for beneficial-ownership transparency. GwG Art. 1's revised text reaches further than AMLR Art. 1 by naming prevention of EmbG coercive-measures breaches as part of its subject matter, a topic the AMLR framing article does not address at all. Conversely, AMLR Art. 1(c) - measures limiting the misuse of anonymous instruments - has no dedicated counterpart in either GwG Art. 1 or TJPG Art. 1; that limb is not named as an object of either statute at the subject-matter level, though anonymity is addressed by substantive provisions elsewhere. ## Effective dates The GwG Art. 1 amendment adding EmbG coercive-measures prevention has been in force since 1 October 2026, together with the TJPG. AMLR Art. 1 applies from 10 July 2027. See [[Effective-dates timeline]]. ## Authoritative text > [!quote]- Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (AMLR), Article 1 — English text (EUR-Lex, CELEX 32024R1624) > **Article 1** > *Subject matter* > This Regulation lays down rules concerning: > (a) the measures to be applied by obliged entities to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing; > (b) beneficial ownership transparency requirements for legal entities, express trusts and similar legal arrangements; > (c) measures to limit the misuse of anonymous instruments. ## Sources - AMLR Art. 1 — CELEX 32024R1624 - GwG SR 955.0, Art. 1 - GwG Art. 1 as amended by TJPG Annex (BBl 2025 2900), in sources/raw/tjpg.txt - TJPG BBl 2025 2900, Art. 1