General information
FATF-style regional bodies (FSRBs) conduct mutual evaluations in which the national AML/CFT regimes of the member states are assessed for conformity to international standards.
Mutuality means that representatives of all the member states of the FSRB evaluate the other member states one-by-one according to the evaluation schedule.
The International Monetary Fund also conducts these evaluations, as do the World Bank and the FATF.
The system of mutual evaluations is based on the FATF special methodology, which was approved in 2004 and then changed and expanded in 2009.
The methodology reproduces the main principles specified in the FATF 40+9 Recommendations and takes into account the generalized international experience in the sphere of AML/TF.
The Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism acknowledges the results of the mutual evaluations conducted by the FATF, other FSRBs, the IMF and the World Bank, and takes them into account within the framework of its own evaluations.
Schedule of EAG mutual evaluations
|
State |
Evaluating body |
Dates of the Mutual evaluation mission |
Dates of discussion of the MER at the EAG Plenary |
|
Turkmenistan |
EAG |
November 2010 |
June 2011 |
|
Kazakhstan |
EAG |
October 2010 |
June 2011 |
|
Uzbekistan |
EAG |
November 2009 |
June 2010 |
|
Belarus |
EAG |
July 27 – August 3, 2008 |
December 2008 |
|
Russia |
FATF /MONEYVAL/ |
September, November 2007 |
July 2008 |
|
Tajikistan |
World Bank/ EAG |
June 2007 |
July 2008 |
|
The Kyrgyz Republic |
EAG |
January 27 – February 5, 2007 |
June 2007 |
|
China |
FATF/EAG |
November 12-24, 2006 |
December 2007 |
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The Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan on Wednesday approved ratification the agreement on the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing."
The agreement has been adopted by Parliament and sent to the President in the form of the law.
The Senate of Oliy Majlis (the upper house of the Uzbek parliament) approved the law on "Agreement on the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism" at the plenary session on Tuesday.