The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184 of 10 June 2025 amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of 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 the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that list.
After the expiry of the scrutiny period with no objections, the delegated act was formally adopted as a Commission Delegated Regulation and published in the Official Journal of the EU. It appears in the OJ as Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184 of 10 June 2025, which amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to update the list of high-risk third countries . The Delegated Regulation was published on 16 July 2025 in the L-series of the Official Journal and thereby acquired legal force. In accordance with its text, it entered into force on the twentieth day after publication . This means the updated list of high-risk third countries becomes effective on 5 August 2025, as confirmed by the Commission’s AML website. The delegated regulation’s publication in the OJ marks the final step of the process, signifying that the act is now in force and the EU’s list of high-risk third-country jurisdictions has been officially updated.
The updated full list is now:
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Haiti
- Iran
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Mali
- Monaco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
The challenge put to the EU Commission by the Parliament is to ensure that future updates are dealt with much quicker, bearing in mind that the FATF has recently amended it’s “greylist” which still has to be taken into account by the EU. It is hoped that a review system will be put in place so that listing can be made on a country by country basis instead of in a grouped jurisdiction listing.
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