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This Practice Note outlines the passporting entitlements and associated notification obligations of insurance undertakings based in the EEA under Directive 2009/138/EC (the Solvency II Directive). The Treaty and Solvency II The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides the overarching framework for freedom of establishment and the free movement of services within the EU. In the financial services sphere, including insurance, these freedoms are further detailed by the Single Market Directives. The regulatory regime for EEA life and non-life insurers and reinsurers—covering supervision, solvency, risk management, governance, reporting and passporting—is set out in the Solvency II Directive, supported by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 (the Solvency II Delegated Regulation) together with applicable Implementing and Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS). Under Solvency II, an insurance undertaking that has secured authorisation from its home state regulator may exercise the right of establishment and/or provide cross-border services in other EEA Member States. The scope of passporting rights Passporting rights under Solvency II extend to those undertakings...

Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC Latest consolidated version - September 2016 Entry into force: 20 May 2004 Transposition deadline: n/a Amendments Council Regulation (EC) No 1195/2006 of 18 July 2006, updating Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants (text with EEA relevance) Council Regulation (EC) No 172/2007 of 16 February 2007, revising Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants (text with EEA relevance) Commission Regulation (EC) No 323/2007 of 26 March 2007, adjusting Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants and revising Directive 79/117/EEC (text with EEA relevance) Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of 11 March 2009, aligning various instruments subject to the procedure in Article 251 of the Treaty with Council Decision 1999/468/EC regarding the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - Part...