--- title: "Article 42 — Disclosure to FIUs" 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 42 — Disclosure to FIUs" 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: 42 status: in_force object_id: eu.amld6.legal_text.article.42 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 if, in the course of the checks carried out on the obliged entities, or in any other way, supervisors discover facts that could be related to money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing, they shall promptly inform the FIU. 2. Member States shall ensure that supervisors empowered to oversee the stock, foreign exchange and financial derivatives markets, inform the FIU if they discover information that could be related to money laundering or terrorist financing. 3. Member States shall ensure that compliance with the requirements of this Article does not replace any obligation for supervisory authorities to report to the relevant competent authorities any criminal activity they uncover or become aware of in the context of their supervisory activities. *** [Chapter IV — Anti-money laundering supervision](../chapters/iv.md) · [← Article 41](41.md) · [Article 43 →](43.md)