Countries with an increased risk
Obliged entities under the FM-GwG are required to apply enhanced customer due diligence for natural or legal persons resident or established in third countries identified as high risk countries. This covers both customers who have their registered office or place of residence in such a third country as well as business relationship or (occasional) transactions that have a linkage to such a third country.
Which countries fall within this scope of application is determined for the entire EEA by a Delegated Regulation. Please consult the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 in its respective current version.
Furthermore obliged entities must also take geographical risk into account accordingly both with regard to their customer risk assessment as well as their own entity’s risk assessment.
The FMA therefore draws attention to the particular risk in the following FATF documents:
FATF Statement 23 June 2023 FATF Statement 21 June 2023 FATF Statement 24 February 2023 FATF Statement 21 October 2022 FATF Statement 17 June 2022 FATF Statement 4 March 2022 FATF Statement 21 October 2021 FATF Statement 25 June 2021 FATF Statement 25 February 2021 FATF Statement 23 October 2020 FATF Statement - 30 June 2020 FATF Statement - 21 February 2020 FATF Statement vom 18. Oktober 2019 FATF Statement vom 21. Juni 2019 FATF Statement vom 22. Februar 2019 FATF Statement vom 19. Oktober 2018 FATF Statement vom 29. Juni 2018 FATF Statement vom 23. Februar 2018 FATF Statement vom 3. November 2017 FATF Statement vom 23. Juni 2017 (Format: pdf, Size: 188,5 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 24. Februar 2017 (Format: pdf, Size: 112,4 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 21. Oktober 2016 (Format: pdf, Size: 111,0 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 24. Juni 2016 (Format: pdf, Size: 111,8 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 19. Februar 2016 (Format: pdf, Size: 268,7 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 23. Oktober 2015 (Format: pdf, Size: 354,8 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 26. Juni 2015 (Format: pdf, Size: 143,0 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 27. Februar 2015 (Format: pdf, Size: 40,5 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 24. Oktober 2014 (Format: pdf, Size: 428,5 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 27. Juni 2014 (Format: pdf, Size: 138,0 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 14. Februar 2014 (Format: pdf, Size: 31,0 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 18. Oktober 2013 (Format: pdf, Size: 34,3 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 21. Juni 2013 (Format: pdf, Size: 145,4 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 22. Februar 2013 (Format: pdf, Size: 139,4 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 19. Oktober 2012 (Format: pdf, Size: 96,6 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 22. Juni 2012 (Format: pdf, Size: 97,3 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 16. Februar 2012 (Format: pdf, Size: 127,8 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 28 Oktober 2011 (Format: pdf, Size: 269,7 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 24. Juni 2011 (Format: pdf, Size: 249,5 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 25. Februar 2011 (Format: pdf, Size: 332,0 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 22. Oktober 2010 (Format: pdf, Size: 180,6 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 25. Juni 2010 (Format: pdf, Size: 159,1 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 18. Februar 2010 (Format: pdf, Size: 29,7 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 16. Oktober 2009 (Format: pdf, Size: 18,7 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 26. Juni 2009 (Format: pdf, Size: 30,7 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 25. Februar 2009 (Format: pdf, Size: 279,6 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 16. Oktober 2008 (Format: pdf, Size: 82,0 KB, Language: German) FATF Statement vom 28. Februar 2008 (Format: pdf, Size: 34,8 KB, Language: German)
Sanctions Lists
The sanctions lists fall within the scope of competences of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB). General information about the issue of financial sanctions can be found on the OeNB’s website on the page about Financial Sanctions (in German only). Information about OeNB regulations is also available in relation to the Exchange Control Act (DevG; Devisiongesetz) (in German only).