Recital 53

(53)EBA should develop guidelines on the criteria to determine whether there are reasonable grounds to suspect that money laundering or terrorist financing is being or has been committed or attempted, or if there is an increased risk thereof in connection with an entity. When developing those guidelines, EBA should cooperate with ESMA and with the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 of the European Parliament and of the Council ¹⁹ (the ‘Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism’). In the event that the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism is not operational when those guidelines are prepared, EBA should adopt those guidelines without having to cooperate with that authority.