Members
According to the Terms of Reference of the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and terrorist financing (EAG), the founding members of the EAG are the states of the Eurasian region which signed the Declaration at the Inaugural conference in Moscow on October 6, 2004.
In 2005, Uzbekistan, previously the EAG observer, joined the EAG as a member state.
Membership in the EAG is opened to any other state within the region that:
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actively takes steps to develop and implement anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing legislation in compliance with 40+9 Recommendations;
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commits itself to participating in EAG mutual evaluation procedures;
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commits itself to participating actively in plenary meetings and other EAG activities.
Such states within the region can obtain EAG membership status after approval of the relevant application by an EAG plenary meeting.
At present the EAG member states are: