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In forceAll sectors: anti-money laundering (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Anti-money laundering data form and audit report (Erfassungsbogen GW)

A regulatory return listed by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) (BaFin), Germany.

A structured form on anti-money laundering: general information, mostly numeric risk factors (general, and specific to asset managers (KVG), investment firms (WPI) and insurers (VU)), and audit findings in parts A to D (money laundering, other criminal acts, Regulation (EU) 2015/847 on information accompanying transfers of funds, automated retrieval of account information), plus a file upload. Source

Official title: Erfassungsbogen/Prüfungsbericht Geldwäscheprävention

The facts

Who files
Filed in two MVP procedures: 'Einreichungen durch Wirtschaftsprüfer und Prüfungsverbände' (auditors and audit associations) and 'Versicherungsaufsicht' (insurance supervision). Which firms are covered is shown by the institution types in the form (KVG, WPI, VU); the documentation does not set out who must file. Source
How often
Not stated in the documentation read. Source
Deadline
Not stated in the XML documentation, the document checked. Source
Format
Web form, XML. Manual entry in an MVP form, XML file upload, or SOAP web service; uploads follow BaFin's XSD (pruefb.xsd27.xsd for the auditors' procedure, va.xsd52.xsd for the insurance procedure). Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the BaFin: MVP Portal (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, reporting and publishing platform); Direct submission to BaFin outside the MVP Portal. See how firms file with the BaFin.
Status
In force
Group
All sectors: anti-money laundering (national)

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

One form with blocks for general information, risk factors and audit findings (parts A to D); the full form was not available without MVP access. Source

Validation rules

The BaFin publishes the checks it runs on this return. They could not be counted from the published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source

How they are written: XML Schema (XSD) on the MVP Portal.

How they were counted

Not counted: the rules are the XSD schemas referenced in the documentation, which sit on the MVP Portal and were not downloaded.

Counts are in the BaFin's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.

Public data

No published data from this return was found. Not published. Source

Official documents (4)

The BaFin's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

  • MVP-Portal

    List of returns · HTML

    BaFin's page on its reporting and publishing platform (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, MVP). It lists 44 specialised procedures (Fachverfahren) firms use to file with BaFin, with registration steps and manuals. Read in German; the English version lists only 18 of them.

  • Dokumentation zur Erstellung von Erfassungsbögen/Prüfungsberichten zur Geldwäscheprävention im XML-Format (v2)

    Schema · PDF · 1.1 MB · 1 September 2023

    How to file the anti-money laundering data form (Erfassungsbogen/Prüfungsbericht Geldwäscheprävention) by web form, XML upload or SOAP web service, in the auditors' procedure (Pruefb) and the insurance procedure (VA); describes its blocks: general information, risk factors (general and by institution type KVG, WPI, VU), audit findings parts A to D and a file upload.

    SHA-256 a85e4bb7182eshow in fulla85e4bb7182ee46c26761a33b1325a8f5edc136781185a4f7c18a72429da0bde
  • Fachverfahren Versicherungsaufsicht (Elektronische Meldungen an die Versicherungsaufsicht)

    Taxonomy · HTML · 29 September 2026

    MVP procedure page for national insurance and pension fund reporting. Publishes the XBRL taxonomies for national reporting (1.0.0 for periods ending in 2025, 1.1.0 for periods ending in 2026) with general notes, annotated templates, dictionary, validations, deactivated validations and Excel forms.

  • Benutzerhandbuch für das MVP Portal

    Guidance · PDF · 3.3 MB

    User manual for registering on the MVP Portal and applying for specialised procedures. Not read in full; size and hash recorded.

    SHA-256 ad770ad7df85show in fullad770ad7df85ff9be0dcd51cb1dc67d7edb2db7c7c6cb35cab09ca5ff605278e

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

Knowing exactly what is collected, in what format and under which rules is the first step to real-time supervision. Line4 builds SupTech software for financial regulators that runs checks like these as each return arrives.

Line4's text and records here are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Please credit: “Source: Line4 regulatory submissions library (CC BY 4.0), https://www.line4.ai”. The regulators' documents, forms, taxonomies, rules and data belong to them: see BaFin's reuse terms. This describes what regulators publish. It is not legal or regulatory advice: always rely on the regulator's own text.

© Federal Financial Supervisory Authority / www.bafin.de. Documents copied here are unchanged. The plain-English summaries are Line4's own; BaFin does not endorse this library.

Last checked 11 November 2026.