Procedure descriptions

Display appointment of a money laundering officer

If you are obliged to appoint an anti-money laundering officer, you must notify the supervisory authority in advance. You must also notify the supervisory authority if you wish to dismiss an anti-money laundering officer.

Responsible authority

The regional council in whose district you live.

Regierungspräsidium Freiburg

Hausanschrift

Bissierstraße 7
79114 Freiburg i. Br.
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Contact

Telefon (07 61) 2 08-0
Fax (07 61) 2 08-39 42 00
E-Mail poststelle@rpf.bwl.de
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Details

Prerequisite

Obligated parties under the Money Laundering Act (GwG)

  • Only natural or legal persons who are obligated parties under the GwG are obliged to report.

Authorised representative

  • The person making the report must be a member of management or an internal/external money laundering officer of the company.

Registered office in Germany

  • The future money laundering officer must carry out his or her activities in Germany.

Personal reliability and qualifications

  • The future anti-money laundering officer and his or her deputy must have the necessary personal reliability and professional qualifications.

Procedure

  • As an obliged entity, you must notify the supervisory authority in advance of the appointment or dismissal of an anti-money laundering officer and their deputy for your company.
  • Your notification will be reviewed by the competent authority.
  • You will receive a final notification.
  • If the person does not have the required qualifications or reliability, the appointment as anti-money laundering officer or deputy must be revoked at the request of the supervisory authority and a new person appointed.

Deadlines

  • The appointment of the anti-money laundering officer and/or the deputy must be made prior to the appointment. There is no deadline, i.e. the notification can also be made at short notice. The notification is intended to give the authority the opportunity to review the qualifications and reliability of the newly appointed anti-money laundering officer and/or deputy and, if necessary, to object to the appointment in a timely manner.
  • The supervisory authority must also be notified in advance of the dismissal ("disengagement") of the anti-money laundering officer and/or deputy.

Required documents

  • Notification of the appointment or dismissal of an anti-money laundering officer and his/her deputy
  • Proof of authorisation to report
    • Proof of appointment as an anti-money laundering officer
    • Proof that the applicant is a member of the company's management (e.g. extract from the commercial register or shareholders' agreement)
  • if applicable, a current extract from the commercial register

Registered companies submit a current extract from the commercial register when submitting the application. Legal entities in the process of being founded (GmbH, AG) please submit the articles of association or articles of incorporation.

  • The supervisory authority reserves the right to request additional information on the qualifications of the anti-money laundering officer (e.g. overview of professional career, evidence of participation in anti-money laundering training events, etc.) and his/her reliability (e.g. in the form of information from the Federal Central Register or, if applicable, from the Central Trade Register).

Costs

None

Miscellaneous

None

Legal basis

Gesetz über das Aufspüren von Gewinnen aus schweren Straftaten (Geldwäschegesetz - GwG):

  • § 7 Geldwäschebeauftragter

Release note

Machine generated, based on the German release by: Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg, 07.11.2025