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# Chapter II — Tasks and powers of the Authority

Articles 5–55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 (AMLA).

### Section 1 — Tasks and powers

* [Article 5 — Tasks](/amla/articles/5.md)
* [Article 6 — Powers of the Authority](/amla/articles/6.md)

### Section 2 — AML/CFT supervisory system

* [Article 7 — Cooperation within the AML/CFT supervisory system](/amla/articles/7.md)
* [Article 8 — AML/CFT supervisory methodology](/amla/articles/8.md)
* [Article 9 — Thematic reviews](/amla/articles/9.md)
* [Article 10 — Mutual assistance in the AML/CFT supervisory system](/amla/articles/10.md)
* [Article 11 — Central AML/CFT database](/amla/articles/11.md)

### Section 3 — Direct supervision of selected obliged entities

* [Article 12 — Assessment of credit institutions and financial institutions for the purposes of selection for direct supervision](/amla/articles/12.md)
* [Article 13 — The listing of selected obliged entities](/amla/articles/13.md)
* [Article 14 — Additional transfer of direct supervision tasks and powers in exceptional circumstances upon the request of a financial supervisor](/amla/articles/14.md)
* [Article 15 — Cooperation within the AML/CFT supervisory system for the purposes of direct supervision](/amla/articles/15.md)
* [Article 16 — Joint supervisory teams](/amla/articles/16.md)
* [Article 17 — Requests for information](/amla/articles/17.md)
* [Article 18 — General investigations](/amla/articles/18.md)
* [Article 19 — On-site inspections](/amla/articles/19.md)
* [Article 20 — Authorisation by a judicial authority](/amla/articles/20.md)
* [Article 21 — Administrative measures](/amla/articles/21.md)
* [Article 22 — Pecuniary sanctions](/amla/articles/22.md)
* [Article 23 — Periodic penalty payments](/amla/articles/23.md)
* [Article 24 — Hearing of persons subject to proceedings](/amla/articles/24.md)
* [Article 25 — Publication of administrative measures, pecuniary sanctions and periodic penalty payments](/amla/articles/25.md)
* [Article 26 — Enforcement of pecuniary sanctions and periodic penalty payments and allocation of the amounts of those sanctions and payments](/amla/articles/26.md)
* [Article 27 — Procedural rules for taking supervisory measures and imposing pecuniary sanctions and periodic penalty payments](/amla/articles/27.md)
* [Article 28 — Review by the Court of Justice of the European Union](/amla/articles/28.md)
* [Article 29 — Language arrangements in direct supervision](/amla/articles/29.md)

### Section 4 — Indirect supervision of non-selected obliged entities

* [Article 30 — Assessments of the state of supervisory convergence](/amla/articles/30.md)
* [Article 31 — Coordination and facilitation of the work of the AML/CFT supervisory colleges in the financial sector](/amla/articles/31.md)
* [Article 32 — Requests to act in exceptional circumstances following indications of serious, repeated or systematic breaches](/amla/articles/32.md)
* [Article 33 — Settlement of disagreements between financial supervisors in cross-border situations](/amla/articles/33.md)
* [Article 34 — Action in cases of systematic failures of supervision](/amla/articles/34.md)

### Section 5 — Oversight of the non-financial sector

* [Article 35 — Peer reviews](/amla/articles/35.md)
* [Article 36 — Coordination and facilitation of the work of AML/CFT supervisory colleges in the non-financial sector](/amla/articles/36.md)
* [Article 37 — Warnings of breaches of Union law by non-financial supervisors and public authorities overseeing self-regulatory bodies](/amla/articles/37.md)
* [Article 38 — Settlement of disagreements between non-financial supervisors in cross-border situations](/amla/articles/38.md)

### Section 6 — Support and coordination mechanism for FIUs

* [Article 39 — Cooperation between the Authority and Financial Intelligence Units](/amla/articles/39.md)
* [Article 40 — Conduct of joint analyses](/amla/articles/40.md)
* [Article 41 — Reporting and transmission of the results of joint analyses](/amla/articles/41.md)
* [Article 42 — Requests by the Authority for the initiation of a joint analysis](/amla/articles/42.md)
* [Article 43 — Review of the methods and procedures for, and conduct of, joint analyses](/amla/articles/43.md)
* [Article 44 — National FIU delegates](/amla/articles/44.md)
* [Article 45 — Mutual assistance in the area of cooperation between FIUs](/amla/articles/45.md)
* [Article 46 — Mediation between FIUs](/amla/articles/46.md)
* [Article 47 — FIU.net](/amla/articles/47.md)
* [Article 48 — Peer review](/amla/articles/48.md)

### Section 7 — Common instruments

* [Article 49 — Regulatory technical standards](/amla/articles/49.md)
* [Article 50 — Exercise of the delegation](/amla/articles/50.md)
* [Article 51 — Objections to regulatory technical standards](/amla/articles/51.md)
* [Article 52 — Non-endorsement or amendment of draft regulatory technical standards](/amla/articles/52.md)
* [Article 53 — Implementing technical standards](/amla/articles/53.md)
* [Article 54 — Guidelines and recommendations](/amla/articles/54.md)
* [Article 55 — Opinions and technical advice](/amla/articles/55.md)