Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35Show full title

Article 354 Participation of supervisors of significant branches and related undertakings

1. For the purposes of Article 248(3) of Directive 2009/138/EC, ‘significant branch’ of an insurance or reinsurance undertaking shall mean a branch of an insurance or reinsurance undertaking for which at least one of the following conditions is met:

(a) the annual gross written premium of the branch exceeds 5 % of the annual gross written premium of the group, measured with reference to the last available consolidated financial statements of the group;

(b) the annual gross written premium of the branch exceeds 5 % of total annual gross written premiums for the life activity, the non-life activity, or both in the Member State in which the risk is situated, measured with reference to the last available financial statements.

Upon its own initiative or following a reasoned request from the supervisory authority responsible for the supervision of a branch, where the branch meets at least one of the conditions in points (a) or (b) of this paragraph, the group supervisor shall invite that supervisory authority to participate in any relevant activity of the college of supervisors.

2. Upon its own initiative or following a reasoned request from a supervisory authority responsible for the supervision of a related undertaking in the group, the group supervisor may, where considers it appropriate to enhance the efficient exchange of information and to facilitate the exercise of group supervision, and after consultation with the other supervisory authorities in the college of supervisors, invite that supervisory authority of a related undertaking to participate in any relevant activity of the college of supervisors.