# Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls on cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 (revoked)

EU Regulation 2018/1672 · adopted 23 October 2018

Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls on cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005

## Introductory text

Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 23 October 2018
on controls on cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 (revoked)
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## 1 Subject matter

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## 2 Definitions

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## 3 Obligation to declare accompanied cash

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## 4 Obligation to disclose unaccompanied cash

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## 5 Powers of the competent authorities

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## 6 Sub-threshold amounts suspected to be related to criminal activity

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## 7 Temporary detention of cash by competent authorities

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## 8 Information campaigns

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## 9 Provision of information to the FIU

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## 10 Exchange of information between competent authorities and with the Commission

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## 11 Exchange of information with third countries

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## 12 Professional secrecy and confidentiality and data security

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## 13 Personal data protection and retention periods

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## 14 Penalties

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## 15 Exercise of the delegation

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## 16 Implementing acts

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## 17 Committee procedure

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## 18 Transmission of information relating to the implementation of this Regulation

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## 19 Evaluation

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## 20 Repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005

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## 21 Entry into force and application

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## Signature

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## Annex I: Commodities used as highly-liquid stores of value and prepaid cards which are considered cash in accordance with point (a)(iii) and (iv) of Article 2(1)

## 1 Commodities used as highly-liquid stores of value:

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## 2 

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## Annex II 

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1672 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1672
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