Directive 2005/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2005/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC, 85/611/EEC, 91/675/EEC, 92/49/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directives 94/19/EC, 98/78/EC, 2000/12/EC, 2001/34/EC, 2002/83/EC and 2002/87/EC in order to establish a new organisational structure for financial services committees (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 8U.K. Directive 2002/83/EC

Directive 2002/83/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in the first sentence of Article 46(9), the words ‘the Commission shall submit to the Insurance Committee a report summarising’ shall be replaced by the words ‘the Commission shall inform the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Committee of’;

2.

Article 58 shall be replaced by the following:

Article 58 Information from Member States to the Commission

The competent authorities of the Member States shall inform the Commission and the competent authorities of the other Member States:

(a)

of any authorisation of a direct or indirect subsidiary, one or more of whose parent undertakings are governed by the laws of a third country;

(b)

whenever such a parent undertaking acquires a holding in a Community assurance undertaking which would turn the latter into its subsidiary.

When the authorisation referred to in point (a) is granted to the direct or indirect subsidiary of one or more parent undertakings governed by the law of third countries, the structure of the group shall be specified in the notification which the competent authorities shall address to the Commission and to the other competent authorities.;

3.

Article 65(1) shall be replaced by the following:

1.The Commission shall be assisted by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Committee established by Commission Decision 2004/9/EC(1).