The exceptional schedule established by the communication of March 16, 2020 is no longer in force.

From today on, and according the official communiqué of the Public Service of December 18, 2019, the UIFAND public opening hours corresponding to the intensive summer schedule are from 8 am to 15 pm, up until September 9, 2020.

Telematic channels will still be prioritized regarding communications. If attending the UIFAND premises is necessary, it will be mandatory to comply with the current security rules, that is, obligation to wear masks, keep social distance and not exceed the capacity limit.

The UIFAND publishes their Activity Report corresponding to the year 2019.

The document is also available in the section "Activity Reports"

Activity report 2019

Technical Communiqué CT-04/2020, adressed to all banking entities within the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now available in the section "Applicable Technical Communiqués".

In accordance with the health instructions of the Andorran Government in relation to the prevention of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and given the need to establish containment protocols, the Financial Intelligence Unit of Andorra informs that, as of today, it establishes a minimum service by adopting the following measures:

i) UIFAND premises will remain open from 8 a.m. to 14 p.m.

ii) Avoid physical presence where possible. In case of need and/or urgency, please contact by telephone.

These measures, which seek to guarantee the services offered by the UIFAND, are of an exceptional nature and will be mantained until further notice.

The technical communiqué CT-03/2020, regarding the update of the FATF’s list of high-risk countries, is now available in the Applicable Technical Communiqués section.

Technical Communiqué CT-02/2020, which adapts CT-01/2017, regarding the main risk indicators and methods used by terrorists or terrorist organisation to abuse NPOs, to the current legislation is now available in the section "Applicable Technical Communiqués".

Technical Communiqué CT-01/2020, which modifies the periodicity of the periodic reporting established by CT-05/2018, applicable only to banking entities, is now available on the section "Applicable Technical Communiqués"

Moneyval has published the second follow-up report of the 5th round of mutual evaluations of the Principality of Andorra, which was discussed and adopted at its 59th Plenary Session in December 2019.

Report (english)

The report is available in the "Moneyval" section and on the Moneyval’s website.

This report evaluates the progress made by the Principality of Andorra and the new measures that have been put in place since the mutual evaluation conducted in 2017 and the first follow-up report in December 2018, in order to comply with the FATF Recommendations.

Moneyval has upgraded to "Largely Compliant" the ratings of three Recommendations, in particular:

· Recommendation 25 (Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements)
· Recommendation 26 (Regulation and supervision of financial institutions)
· Recommendation 28 (Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs)

A new informative note, with the aim to help reporting entities, especially those pertaining to the non-banking financial sector, to perform the ongoing monitoring of business relationships and the record keeping and updating is now available in the "Other publications" section.

Today the initial meeting for the update of the National Risk Assessment 2020 has taken place. This presentation has been addressed to both reporting entities, financial and non-financial, and the public sector, Ministries and other state organisations, all of them duly represented.