Date : 7/1/2021 11:38:29 AM
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Subject : For review and endorsement: EBC 2021 Overhaul - New Questionnaire
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Subject: For review and endorsement: EBC 2021 Overhaul - New Questionnaire
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:16:11 -0400
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       Dear Heads of FIU,

       We hope this email finds you well.

Thank you for providing your feedback and suggestions to the new Egmont Bienniel Census (EBC) Questionnaire.

In line with the previous draft that was circulated in May, the current document has 56 questions, and follows the old structure. The Profile Section includes a few more questions pertaining to risks and the FATF/FSRBs Mutual Evaluations. In the Legal Section, a few questions are eliminated or replaced, while the Operational and Strategic Section no longer has questions of technical nature. The Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Section is shorter, and several sharing codes across the whole document are downgraded.

The document also includes the large majority of comments provided by the Heads of FIUs in response to the last round of consultations. The numbering of supplementary questions is rectified, all recommended changes related to the sharing codes are included, and a “non-applicable function” is available in questions that may not apply to all FIUs.

Question 18, pertaining to the operational independence and autonomy of FIUs, now indicates which characteristics are required under the FATF Standards, and which ones flow from the document titled “Understanding FIU Operational Independence and Autonomy” approved by HoFIUs in October 2018. Question 23 includes the five categories of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP).

The recommended change to questions 7 and 8, pertaining to the creation of an “indexed list of languages” spoken by FIUs is not included in the document. With close to 160 members, the creation of such a list would be onerous technically, and of limited value.

      Finally, we kept question 36, about the level of cooperation received from foreign counterparts when exchanging financial information, but FIUs have the option to expand (or           not) their comments beyond the list of options provided in the questionnaire.

     Please find attached the new EBC Questionnaire for your review and endorsement. Should you have any comments or concerns, please kindly let us know by Friday, July 2nd,               2021.

    Thank you and kind regards,

    EGS



On 5/20/2021 1:01 PM, ESecretariat wrote:

Dear Heads of FIU,

I hope this email finds you well.

We are happy to inform you that the Information Management Reference Group of the Egmont Committee, together with the external consultant and the EGS have prepared a final version of the new Egmont Bienniel Census (EBC) Questionnaire.

The new Census has been drafted in line with the provisions of the Strategic Framework approved by the HoFIU in February 2021 (see below). A brief memo describing the background, the changes introduced to the Questionnaire and the proposed technical changes to the functionalities of the EBC Application on the ESW is attached for your reference.

The document has been reviewed by the Egmont Committee from the quality and consistency perspective and was subsequently approved by the Committee. 

It is anticipated that the implementation phase of the EBC overhaul project (implementing technical changes and testing of the new EBC questionnaire on the IT platform) that will require the involvement of FinCEN, will begin in June 2021 with the aim to launch the new EBC cycle in September 2021.

Please find attached the new EBC Questionnaire for your review and endorsement. Should you have any comments or concerns, please kindly let us know by Thursday, June 3rd, 2021.

Thank you and kind regards,

EGS



On 2/25/2021 1:11 PM, ESecretariat wrote:

**Letter on behalf of the EG Chair - Ms. Hennie VERBEEK-KUSTERS**

Dear HoFIU,

I hope this letter finds you well and healthy.

I would like to inform you that February 12th was the final deadline for collecting your comments and endorsement of the Strategic Framework for the 2021 Egmont Biennial Census Overhaul, developed by the Information Management Reference Group and the EGS and supported by an external consultant.

Within the deadline provided no opposition was expressed to the endorsement of the Strategic Framework. Therefore, within the authority granted to me by the EG Charter, I would like to conclude the consensus within the Egmont Group to endorse the above-mentioned document.

I would like to take this opportunity and thank the parties involved in this project for their hard work.

Best regards and stay safe everyone!

Hennie VERBEEK-KUSTERS – Chair of Egmont Group