Taking into account the international character of money laundering and terrorist financing, coordination and cooperation between FIUs as referred to in Council Decision 2000/642/JHA of 17 October 2000 concerning arrangements for cooperation between financial intelligence units of the Member States in respect of exchanging information ( 7 ), including the establishment of an EU FIU-net, should be encouraged to the greatest possible extent. To that end, the Commission should lend such assistance as may be needed to facilitate such coordination, including financial assistance.
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New version applies from 30/10/2009 — introduced by Directive 2009/110/EC.
50 provisions change.
Later versions: 04/01/2011.
Recital 40 changes in this version: compare with the current text.