Justice and home affairs

This subtopic contains the following guidance on EU level rules relating to justice and home affairs:

Criminal justice

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Practice Note: Money Laundering Directive 4 (MLD4) and Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLRs)—essentials considers Directive (EU) 2015/849 (the Fourth Money Laundering Directive (MLD4)), as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/843 (the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (MLD5)), and covers the key provisions of MLD4 and UK implementation of MLD4 by the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/692 (MLRs). It also considers amendments to the MLRs post-Brexit
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Practice Note: UK and EU cross-border law enforcement and criminal justice co-operation under the TCA summaries the cross-border law enforcement and criminal justice co-operation provisions agreed between the UK and EU under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). It covers the overarching human rights and governance provisions of the TCA, and the provisions of Part 3 of the TCA

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