# FATF R.2 — National cooperation and coordination - **Part of:** [[FATF Recommendations]] Countries must have national AML/CFT/CPF policies, informed by identified risks and regularly reviewed, and must designate an authority or establish a coordination mechanism responsible for those policies. Policy-makers, the financial intelligence unit, law enforcement authorities, supervisors and other relevant competent authorities must have effective mechanisms, at both the policy-making and operational levels, enabling them to cooperate and, where appropriate, coordinate and exchange information domestically on combating money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. This must include cooperation between relevant authorities to ensure the compatibility of AML/CFT/CPF requirements with data protection and privacy rules and other similar provisions, such as data security or localisation rules. ## Keyed AMLR articles - [[AMLR Art. 75 - Info-sharing partnerships|AMLR Art. 75]] — Info-sharing partnerships - [[AMLR Art. 81 - FIU-EPPO cooperation|AMLR Art. 81]] — FIU-EPPO cooperation - [[AMLR Art. 82 - Requests to EPPO|AMLR Art. 82]] — Requests to EPPO - [[AMLR Art. 83 - FIU-OLAF cooperation|AMLR Art. 83]] — FIU-OLAF cooperation - [[AMLR Art. 84 - Requests to OLAF|AMLR Art. 84]] — Requests to OLAF ## Swiss counterparts - [[GwG Art. 35 - Processing of personal data by|GwG Art. 35]] — R.2 requires mechanisms for the FIU, supervisors and law enforcement to exchange information domestically; GwG Art. 35 Abs. 2 lets MROS exchange information by retrieval procedure with FINMA, the ESBK, the intercantonal authority, the Central Office, the BJ, the EFD, SECO and prosecution authorities. *(related)* - [[TJPG Art. 42 - Administrative assistance between register authority|TJPG Art. 42]] — R.2 requires domestic cooperation and information exchange among competent authorities; TJPG Art. 42 provides it between the register authority, the Kontrollstelle, the commercial registers and other federal, cantonal and communal authorities. *(related)* ## Authoritative text > [!quote]- FATF Recommendation 2 — text of the Recommendation (FATF Recommendations, updated June 2026); interpretive note not reproduced > **2. National cooperation and coordination** > Countries should have national AML/CFT/CPF policies, informed by the risks identified, which should be regularly reviewed, and should designate an authority or have a coordination or other mechanism that is responsible for such policies. > Countries should ensure that policy-makers, the financial intelligence unit (FIU), law enforcement authorities, supervisors and other relevant competent authorities, at the policymaking and operational levels, have effective mechanisms in place which enable them to cooperate, and, where appropriate, coordinate and exchange information domestically with each other concerning the development and implementation of policies and activities to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. This should include cooperation and coordination between relevant authorities to ensure the compatibility of AML/CFT/CPF requirements with Data Protection and Privacy rules and other similar provisions (e.g. data security/localisation).