EIOPA expresses opinions on different issues related to its areas of competence. Opinions are provided upon a request from the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission, as well as on EIOPA’s own initiative.
Opinions aim at building a common Union supervisory culture and consistent supervisory practices, as well as in ensuring uniform procedures and consistent approaches throughout the Union.
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Opinions (43)
RSSEIOPA opinion on a delegation agreement between Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones and De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. under Article 28 of the EIOPA Regulation
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) provides this Opinion on the basis of Article 8(1)(c) and Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 , (hereinafter “the EIOPA Regulation”). Articles 8(1)(c) and 28(2) of the EIOPA Regulation mandate EIOPA to stimulate...
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- Supervision
EIOPA's Opinion to the European Commission on EFRAG's technical advice on ESRS
EIOPA's Opinion focuses on assessing whether the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) developed by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)
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- Opinion
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- ReportingSustainability
Opinion on the decision of the European Parliament in the discharge procedure in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2020
This Opinion provides EIOPA’s views on the decision and observationsof the European Parliament in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2020in accordance with Article 106 of the EIOPA Financial Regulation. It highlights the measures taken by EIOPA to address the...
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- Opinion
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- Organisation
Opinion to institutions of the European Union on individual disclosures in the context of EU-wide stress test exercises
The present Opinion calls fora consistent and disciplined communication of individual stress test results to enhance market discipline, increase stress testparticipants’ commitment and contribute to a level playing field among insurers and across the financial sector.
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- Opinion
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- Stress testDisclosure
Opinion on the supervisory reporting of costs and charges of IORPs
The main objective of the Opinion is to foster an effective cost supervision across the EU in order to enhance the value for money offered to members and beneficiaries, the cost efficiency of IORPs and the affordability for sponsors.The opinion is accompanied by an impact assessment and...
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- Opinion
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- IORP
Opinion on the supervision of long-term risk assessment by IORPs providing defined contribution schemes
The objective of this Opinion is to enhance supervisory convergence in the supervision of risk management by IORPs providing DC schemes, in particular with respect to operational risk assessment and long-term risk assessment from the perspective of members and beneficiaries, in order to foster the...
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- Opinion
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- IORP
Opinion on the decision of the European Parliament in the discharge procedure in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2019
This Opinion provides EIOPA’s views on the decision of the European Parliament in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2019 in accordance with Article 106 of the EIOPA Financial Regulation.
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- Opinion
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- Organisation
Opinion on the use of risk mitigation techniques by insurance undertakings
The Opinionaddresses the use of risk mitigation techniques and includes a set of recommendations addressed to national competent authorities (NCAs) to ensure convergent supervision.This Opinion raises awareness about the importance to have a proper balance between the risk effectively transferred...
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- Opinion
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- Risk assessmentSupervision
Opinion on the supervision of the use of climate change risk scenarios in ORSA
In this Opinion EIOPA sets out expectations on the supervision of the integration of climate change risk scenarios by insurers in their ORSA.
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- Opinion
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- ORSASustainability
Opinion of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority on the proposed product intervention measure of Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego of Poland
Opinion of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority on the proposed product intervention measure of Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego of Poland
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- Opinion
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- Consumer protection