Recital 2

(2)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 ² identified high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies. That Regulation should be reviewed at appropriate times in light of the progress made by those high-risk third countries in removing the strategic deficiencies in their regime on anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing (‘AML/CFT’). The Commission should take into account in its assessments new information from international organisations and standard setters, such as those issued by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). In light of that information, the Commission should also identify additional countries presenting strategic deficiencies in their AML/CFT regime.