Article 34
1.
By way of derogation from Article 33(1), Member States may, in the case of obliged entities referred to in point (3)(a), (b) and (d) of Article 2(1), designate an appropriate self-regulatory body of the profession concerned as the authority to receive the information referred to in Article 33(1).
Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the designated self-regulatory body shall, in cases referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, forward the information to the FIU promptly and unfiltered.
2.
Member States shall not apply the obligations laid down in Article 33(1) to notaries, other independent legal professionals, auditors, external accountants and tax advisors only to the strict extent that such exemption relates to information that they receive from, or obtain on, one of their clients, in the course of ascertaining the legal position of their client, or performing their task of defending or representing that client in, or concerning, judicial proceedings, including providing advice on instituting or avoiding such proceedings, whether such information is received or obtained before, during or after such proceedings.
3.
Self-regulatory bodies designated by Member States shall publish an annual report containing information about:
(a)
measures taken under Articles 58, 59 and 60;
(b)
number of reports of breaches received as referred to in Article 61, where applicable;
(c)
number of reports received by the self-regulatory body as referred to in paragraph 1 and the number of reports forwarded by the self-regulatory body to the FIU where applicable;
(d)
where applicable number and description of measures carried out under Article 47 and 48 to monitor compliance by obliged entities with their obligations under:
(i)
Articles 10 to 24 (customer due diligence);
(ii)
Articles 33, 34 and 35 (suspicious transaction reporting);
(iii)
Article 40 (record-keeping); and
(iv)
Articles 45 and 46 (internal controls).