(1)

On 31 May 2024, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (the ‘Authority’).

(2)

Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 provides for the Executive Board of the Authority, composed of the Chair of the Authority and five full-time members, including the Vice-Chair. Those five full-time members are to be appointed by the Council, acting by qualified majority, following the submission to the European Parliament of a proposal of the General Board of the Authority, based on the shortlist of qualified candidates drawn up by the Commission, and the approval of that proposal by the European Parliament. That Article also provides for a term of office for the five full-time members of the Executive Board of four years.

(3)

On 22 May 2025, the Council adopted an Implementing Decision (2) on the appointment of four full-time members of the Executive Board of the Authority.

(4)

On 12 November 2025, the Commission prepared a shortlist of candidates for the appointment of the fifth full-time member of the Executive Board of the Authority, and provided it to the European Parliament. The Council was informed of the shortlist on the same day.

(5)

On 9 December 2025, the General Board of the Authority adopted a proposal for the appointment of Mrs Henrica Maria VERBEEK-KUSTERS as full-time member of the Executive Board of the Authority, and submitted it to the European Parliament for approval. On 18 December 2025, the European Parliament approved the proposal for the appointment of the member of the Executive Board of the Authority.

(6)

The fifth full-time member of the Executive Board of the Authority should therefore be appointed,