• High - risk countries: banks will be required to enhance their due dili - gence checks on financial transactions from high risk countries, including those on the harmonised list of non-EU countries with poor AML controls • Access to beneficial owners» registers: a higher level of transparency on the true beneficiary own - ers of companies will be achieved through the creation of national regis - ters and information
shar - ing between EU member states these operators are able to compete on
fair terms, thereby contributing to the overall efficiency of the chain.