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title: "home Member State"
type: definition
status: Published
source: "AMLD6 Article 2, point (5)"
defined_term: "home Member State"
source_regulation: "AMLD6"
source_reference: "Article 2, point (5)"
source_node: "eu.amld6.article.2.subparagraph.1.point.5"
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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"
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*In force · AMLD6 Article 2, point (5) · Directive (EU) 2024/1640, OJ L, 2024/1640, 19.6.2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1640/oj/eng)*

## Definition

> **(5)** ‘**home Member State**’ means the Member State where the registered office of the obliged entity is located or, if the obliged entity has no registered office, the Member State in which its head office is located;

## Source

[AMLD6, Article 2, point (5)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1640/oj/eng).