Registration of virtual asset service providers
Pursuant to Article 9 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (Official Gazette, No 108/17, 39/19, 151/22, hereinafter referred to as the AMLTFA), all legal entities and crafts intending to carry out activities related to virtual assets as defined in Article 9(2)(19) of the AMLTFA are obliged to undergo the registration process and be entered into the Register of virtual asset service providers maintained by the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency.
We are calling upon all legal entities and crafts that intend to provide virtual asset services to submit a request to the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency to be entered in the Register, in view of the entry into force of the Ordinance on keeping the Register of virtual asset service providers and assessing the good repute of natural persons in virtual asset service providers (published in the Official Gazette No 69/2023) on 6 July 2023.
In order to initiate the registration procedure, the following forms need to be completed (Attachment 1, Attachment 2, Attachment 3, Attachment 4, Attachment 5) and together with the accompanying documents sent to the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency.
In the case of electronic delivery, the forms should be signed with a qualified electronic signature and delivered together with the accompanying documents to: pisarnica@hanfa.hr. In the case of postal delivery, the documents should be sent to: Croatian Financial Services Supervision Agency, Franje Račkoga 6, 10000 Zagreb.
We would like to highlight the importance of respecting the deadlines for the submission of applications for registration, laid down in Article 49 of the Act on Amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (Official Gazette No 151/22).
For any further information, you can contact the Croatian Financial Services Supervision Agency at: spnft@hanfa.hr.