Austria

Member since 1990

Since the assessment of the effectiveness of Austria's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, the country has been in an enhanced follow-up process.  The country reported back to the FATF in 2017 and 2018 on the actions it had taken to strengthen its AML/CFT framework.  As a result, the FATF rerated the country on several of the 40 Recommendations.  

Today, the country is compliant with 18 Recommendations, largely compliant with another 18 Recommendations, but remains partially compliant with 4 Recommendations. 

Austria’s progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing

21 Nov 2018

This report analyses Austria's progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in the 2017 FATF assessment of the country's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The report also looks at whether Austria has implemented new measures to meet the requirements of FATF Recommendations that changed since the 2017 mutual evaluation.
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In 2016, the FATF assessed the effectiveness of Austria's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, and their compliance with FATF Recommendation.  The report concluded that Austria has an overall sound legal and institutional anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) framework, but improvements are still needed in national policy coordination, assessment of risk, and targeted financial sanctions. Austria also needs to improve its effectiveness in applying these and a range of other measures,  

Following this mutual evaluation, Austria is in an enhanced follow-up process and must report back regularly about the progress it has made in addressing the techical compliance deficiencies and may rerate the country to reflect this progress.   However, this follow-up process does not focus on effectiveness. The effectiveness of Austria's actions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing will be assessed in the 5th round of mutual evaluations. 

Ratings

Technical Compliance

Ratings which reflect the extent to which a country has implemented the technical requirements of the FATF Recommendations.

Austria Follow-Up Report - 2018

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
LC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination
LC
R.3 - Money laundering offence
LC
R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures
C
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence
C
R.6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism & terrorist financing
PC
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation
PC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
PC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
C
R.10 - Customer due diligence
C
R.11 - Record keeping
C
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
C
R.13 - Correspondent banking
LC
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
C
R.15 - New technologies
C
R.16 - Wire transfers
C
R.17 - Reliance on third parties
LC
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
C
R.19 - Higher-risk countries
C
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions
C
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
C
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
LC
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures
LC
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
LC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements
LC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions
C
R.27 - Powers of supervisors
C
R.28 - Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs
LC
R.29 - Financial intelligence units
LC
R.30 - Responsibilities of law enforcement and investigative authorities
C
R.31 - Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities
LC
R.32 - Cash couriers
LC
R.33 - Statistics
PC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
LC
R.35- Sanctions
C
R.36 - International instruments
LC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
LC
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
LC
R.39 - Extradition
C
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation
LC

C = compliant   |   LC = largely compliant     |   PC = partially compliant   |   NC = non-compliant

Effectiveness

Ratings that reflect the extent to which a country's measures are effective. The assessment is conducted on the basis of 11 immediate outcomes, which represent key goals that an effective AML/CFT system should achieve.

Ratings that reflect the extent to which a country's measures are effective. The assessment is conducted on the basis of 11 immediate outcomes, which represent key goals that an effective AML/CFT system should achieve.

Austria Mutual Evaluation - 2016

IO1
ME
IO2
SE
IO3
ME
IO4
ME
IO5
ME
IO6
LE
IO7
LE
IO8
ME
IO9
SE
IO10
ME
IO11
SE

HE = high level of effectiveness   |   SE = substantial level of effectiveness    |   ME = moderate level of effectiveness   |   LE = low level of effectiveness

5th Round of Mutual Evaluations

Below are the planned assessment dates for Austria in the 5th round of mutual evaluations.  These dates remain subject to change.

Austria

Assessment Body
FATF (IMF-led)
Last evaluation
2016-06-01 00:00
Possible onsite period
2025-08-01 00:00
Possible Plenary discussion
2026-02-01 00:00

Austria Follow-Up Report - 2017

Technical compliance
Title
Austria Follow-Up Report- 2017
Assessment body/bodies
FATF
Report type
FURs
Country
Austria
Evaluation date
2017-12-15 00:00
IO1
ME
IO2
SE
IO3
ME
IO4
ME
IO5
ME
IO6
LE
IO7
LE
IO8
ME
IO9
SE
IO10
ME
IO11
SE
R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
LC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination
LC
R.3 - Money laundering offence
LC
R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures
C
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence
C
R.6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism & terrorist financing
PC
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation
PC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
PC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
C
R.10 - Customer due diligence
C
R.11 - Record keeping
C
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
C
R.13 - Correspondent banking
LC
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
C
R.15 - New technologies
C
R.16 - Wire transfers
C
R.17 - Reliance on third parties
LC
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
C
R.19 - Higher-risk countries
C
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions
C
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
C
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
LC
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures
LC
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
PC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements
PC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions
C
R.27 - Powers of supervisors
C
R.28 - Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs
LC
R.29 - Financial intelligence units
LC
R.30 - Responsibilities of law enforcement and investigative authorities
C
R.31 - Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities
LC
R.32 - Cash couriers
LC
R.33 - Statistics
PC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
LC
R.35- Sanctions
C
R.36 - International instruments
LC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
LC
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
LC
R.39 - Extradition
C
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation
LC

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