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.

Austria's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

13 Sep 2016

Austria has an overall sound legal and institutional anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing 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.

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.

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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