# AMLR Art. 30 — Third countries - compliance weaknesses > AMLR Art. 30 applies from 10 July 2027; GwV-FINMA Art. 13 is already in force. See [[Effective-dates timeline]]. - **Part of:** [[AMLR]] - **FATF keying:** [[FATF R.19 - Higher-risk countries|FATF R.19]] - **Swiss provisions:** [[GwV-FINMA Art. 13 - Higher-risk business relationships|GwV-FINMA Art. 13]] - **Detailed citation:** GwV-FINMA Art. 13 ## What it requires AMLR Art. 30 empowers the Commission to identify, by delegated act adopted within 20 calendar days, third countries with compliance weaknesses in their national AML/CFT regimes - a lower threshold than Article 29's significant strategic deficiencies - taking as a baseline jurisdictions under increased monitoring by international standard-setters. The delegated act specifies which enhanced due diligence measures from the Article 34(4) list obliged entities must apply to mitigate risks from persons in that country, and the Commission reviews the list regularly to ensure the measures stay proportionate. ## Swiss position Swiss law does not distinguish a lower-tier 'compliance weaknesses' category the way AMLR Art. 30 does. The same GwV-FINMA Art. 13 provision applies: Abs. 3 Bst. d makes relationships with persons resident in a country the FATF treats as 'High Risk' or non-cooperative, and calls for increased diligence toward, higher-risk per se regardless of role (Abs. 5); Abs. 2 Bst. a, b and g also list a FATF-listed country's seat, residence, nationality, business location or payment flow as risk criteria an intermediary weighs case by case under its own risk analysis (Abs. 2bis), without automatic high-risk status. There is no separate Swiss ordinance provision, delegated act or list keyed specifically to a FATF-style increased-monitoring listing distinct from the 'High Risk'/non-cooperative designation used for Art. 29. ## Key divergences AMLR Art. 29 and Art. 30 create two tiers - significant strategic deficiencies and compliance weaknesses - each with its own Commission delegated act and its own set of tailored enhanced due diligence measures drawn from Article 34(4). GwV-FINMA Art. 13 does not replicate that two-tier structure: its single FATF-referenced per se trigger (Abs. 3 Bst. d) covers only countries for which the FATF calls for increased diligence and does not mention the FATF increased-monitoring list, and it assigns no country-specific measures the way the AMLR's per-country delegated acts do - the increased-diligence consequence under Swiss law is generic rather than tailored to the specific country. Switzerland again maintains no published list or delegated-act mechanism of its own for this node, relying on the FATF's own categorisation referenced directly in the ordinance text. ## Effective dates AMLR Art. 30 applies from 10 July 2027; GwV-FINMA Art. 13 is already in force. See [[Effective-dates timeline]]. ## Authoritative text > [!quote]- Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (AMLR), Article 30 — English text (EUR-Lex, CELEX 32024R1624) > **Article 30** > *Identification of third countries with compliance weaknesses in their national AML/CFT regimes* > 1. Third countries with compliance weaknesses in their national AML/CFT regimes shall be identified by the Commission. > 2. In order to identify the third countries referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 85 to supplement this Regulation, where: > (a) compliance weaknesses in the legal and institutional AML/CFT framework of the third country have been identified; > (b) compliance weaknesses in the effectiveness of the third country’s AML/CFT system in addressing money laundering and terrorist financing risks or in its system to assess and mitigate risks of non-implementation or evasion of UN financial sanctions relating to proliferation financing have been identified. > Those delegated acts shall be adopted within 20 calendar days of the Commission ascertaining that the criteria in point (a) or (b) of the first subparagraph are met. > 3. The Commission, when drawing up the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2 shall take into account, as a baseline for its assessment, information on jurisdictions under increased monitoring by international organisations and standard setters with competence in the field of preventing money laundering and combating terrorist financing, as well as relevant evaluations, assessments, reports or public statements drawn up by them. > 4. The delegated act referred to in paragraph 2 shall identify the specific enhanced due diligence measures among those listed in Article 34(4), that obliged entities shall apply to mitigate risks related to business relationships or occasional transactions involving natural or legal persons from that third country. > 5. The Commission shall review the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2 on a regular basis to ensure that the specific enhanced due diligence measures identified pursuant to paragraph 4 take account of the changes in the AML/CFT framework of the third country and are proportionate and adequate to the risks. ## Sources - AMLR Art. 30 — CELEX 32024R1624 - GwV-FINMA SR 955.033.0, Art. 13