On behalf of Save the Children Romania, on the alleged wrongful transposition of Directive 2015/849 into Romanian law 

Petition addressed to: Petitionsausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments

According to the petitioner, the Romanian government has recently adopted a draft law for the transposition of Directive 2015/849, on the prevention of the use of financial systems for the purpose of money laundering, that imposes on NGOs excessive reporting duties about their donors, supporters or “real beneficiaries” of their services and activities, or else risk immediate dissolution. In practice, this would mean that the petitioner’s organisation would have to report the personal data of all children, parents, journalists and supporters, which, he/she argues, would limit donations, raise personal data use issues and deter citizens from associating with NGOs. The petitioner further claims that these disproportionate regulations originated in the inaccurate translation into Romanian of the term “foundations,” as it appears in the Directive 2015/849, which in Romanian encompasses non-profit organisations, and seeks clarifications on this matter.