--- title: "Article 61 — Identification of beneficial owners of collective investment undertakings" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1624" source_retrieved: 2026-09-29 shortTitle: "Article 61 — Identification of beneficial owners of collective investment undertakings" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1624" instrument: amlr celex: "32024R1624" regulation: AMLR regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1624" article: 61 status: in_force object_id: eu.amlr.legal_text.article.61 text_version: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, OJ L, 2024/1624, 19.6.2024" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1624/oj/eng" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · applies from 10 Jul 2027 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, OJ L, 2024/1624, 19.6.2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1624/oj/eng)* By way of derogation from [Article 51](51.md), first paragraph and [Article 58(1)](58.md), the beneficial owners of collective investment undertakings shall be the natural persons who fulfil one or more of the following conditions: **(a)** they hold directly or indirectly 25 % or more of the units held in the collective investment undertaking; **(b)** they have the ability to define or influence the investment policy of the collective investment undertaking; **(c)** they control the activities of the collective investment undertaking through other means. *** [Chapter IV — Beneficial ownership transparency](../chapters/iv.md) · [← Article 60](60.md) · [Article 62 →](62.md)