Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2070 of 18 August 2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Cameroon and Vietnam to the list of high-risk third countries (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2070 has been published in the Official Journal (OJ) of the EU. It modifies Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 which sets out the list of high-risk third countries for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive IV (AMLD IV) and thus for purposes of applying adequate due diligence measures.
In the Annex, the table under point „I. High-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with FATF“ of the 2016 Delegated Regulation has thereby been modified as follows:
Cameroon and Vietnam were added to the list as they have identified AML deficiencies, but have signaled their commitment to mitigate these shortcomings. Therefore, the new consolidated version of the list of High-risk third countries under point I. looks as follows:
Table 1 – High-risk third countries