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IDD (Insurance Distribution Directive)
Directive (EU) 2016/97 (Insurance Distribution Directive)
Directive (EU) 2016/97 (Insurance Distribution Directive)
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Directive (EU) 2016/97 (Insurance Distribution Directive)
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CHAPTER I - SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
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Article 1 - Scope
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Article 2 - Definitions
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CHAPTER II - REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
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Article 3 - Registration
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CHAPTER III - FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT
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Article 4 - Exercise of the freedom to provide services
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Article 5 - Breach of obligations when exercising the freedom to provide services
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Article 6 - Exercise of the freedom of establishment
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Article 7 - Division of competence between home and host Member States
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Article 8 - Breach of obligations when exercising the freedom of establishment
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Article 9 - Powers in relation to national provisions adopted in the interest of the general good
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CHAPTER IV - ORGANISATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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Article 10 - Professional and organisational requirements
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Article 11 - Publication of ‘general good’ rules
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Article 12 - Competent authorities
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Article 13 - Cooperation and exchange of information between the competent authorities of Member States
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Article 14 - Complaints
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Article 15 - Out-of-court redress
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Article 16 - Restriction on use of intermediaries
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CHAPTER V - INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS RULES
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Article 17 - General principle
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Article 18 - General information provided by the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking
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Article 19 - Conflicts of interest and transparency
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Article 20 - Advice, and standards for sales where no advice is given
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Article 21 - Information provided by ancillary insurance intermediaries
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Article 22 - Information exemptions and flexibility clause
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Article 23 - Information conditions
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Article 24 - Cross-selling
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Article 25 - Product oversight and governance requirements
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CHAPTER VI - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN RELATION TO INSURANCE-BASED INVESTMENT PRODUCTS
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Article 26 - Scope of additional requirements
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Article 27 - Prevention of conflicts of interest
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Article 28 - Conflicts of interest
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Article 29 - Information to customers
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Article 30 - Assessment of suitability and appropriateness and reporting to customers
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CHAPTER VII - SANCTIONS AND OTHER MEASURES
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Article 31 - Administrative sanctions and other measures
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Article 32 - Publication of sanctions and other measures
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Article 33 - Breaches, and sanctions and other measures
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Article 34 - Effective application of sanctions and other measures
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Article 35 - Reporting of breaches
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Article 36 - Submitting information to EIOPA in relation to sanctions and other measures
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CHAPTER VIII - FINAL PROVISIONS
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Article 37 - Data protection
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Article 38 - Delegated acts
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Article 39 - Exercise of the delegation
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Article 40 - Transitional period
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Article 41 - Review and evaluation
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Article 42 - Transposition
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Article 43 - Amendment of Directive 2002/92/EC
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Article 44 - Repeal
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Article 45 - Entry into force
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Article 46 - Addressees
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ANNEX I
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Article I - Non-life risks classified under classes 1 to 18 in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2009/138/EC:
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Article II - Insurance-based investment products:
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Article III - Life risks classified in Annex II to Directive 2009/138/EC: