As this Directive provides for minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions in the area of money laundering, Member States are free to adopt or maintain more stringent criminal law rules in that area.
Ós rud é go bhforáiltear leis an Treoir seo do rialacha íosta maidir le sainmhíniú ar chionta coiriúla agus smachtbhannaí sa réimse sciúrtha airgid, tá cead ag na Ballstáit, mar shampla, rialacha níos déine a ghlacadh nó a choinneáil ina ndlí coiriúil féin sa réimse sin.