--- title: "Article 26 — Alerts to obliged entities" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024L1640" source_retrieved: 2026-10-09 shortTitle: "Article 26 — Alerts to obliged entities" instrument_type: level1_directive authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Directive (EU) 2024/1640" instrument: amld6 celex: "32024L1640" regulation: AMLD6 regulation-full: "Directive (EU) 2024/1640" article: 26 status: in_force object_id: eu.amld6.legal_text.article.26 text_version: "Directive (EU) 2024/1640, OJ L, 2024/1640, 19.6.2024" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1640/oj/eng" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-11-09 --- *In force · Directive (EU) 2024/1640, OJ L, 2024/1640, 19.6.2024 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1640/oj/eng)* 1. Member States shall ensure that FIUs are able to alert obliged entities of information relevant for the performance of customer due diligence pursuant to Chapter III of [Regulation (EU) 2024/1624](https://www.headlesslaw.com/amlr). That information shall include: **(a)** types of transactions or activities that present a significant risk of money laundering, its predicate offences and terrorist financing; **(b)** specific persons that present a significant risk of money laundering, its predicate offences and terrorist financing; **(c)** specific geographic areas that present a significant risk of money laundering, its predicate offences and terrorist financing. 2. The requirement referred in paragraph 1 shall apply for a period laid down in national law, which shall not exceed 6 months. 3. FIUs shall provide obliged entities with strategic information about typologies, risk indicators and trends in money laundering and terrorist financing on an annual basis. *** [Chapter III — FIUs](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 25](25.md) · [Article 27 →](27.md)