--- title: "Article 59 — Independence of the General Board" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1620-20251110" source_retrieved: 2026-10-08 shortTitle: "Article 59 — Independence of the General Board" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1620" instrument: amla celex: "32024R1620" regulation: AMLA regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1620" article: 59 status: in_force object_id: eu.amla.legal_text.article.59 text_version: "Consolidated version of 10 November 2025" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1620-20251110" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-11-09 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 10 November 2025 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1620-20251110)* 1. When carrying out the tasks conferred upon them by this Regulation, the Chair of the Authority and the members of the General Board in supervisory composition and in FIU composition shall act independently and in the general interest of the Union as a whole and shall neither seek nor take instructions from Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, nor from any government or any other public or private body. 2. Member States, Union institutions, agencies, offices and bodies, and other public or private bodies shall not seek to influence the members of the General Board in the performance of their tasks. 3. In its rules of procedure, the General Board shall lay down practical arrangements for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest. *** [Chapter III — Organisation of the Authority](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 58](58.md) · [Article 60 →](60.md)