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Treatment of specific related undertakings

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Article number:  329

Without prejudice to Article 328 and unless the book value of the relevant related undertaking has been deducted from the own funds eligible for the group solvency pursuant to Article 229 of Directive 2009/138/EC, the calculation of the group solvency shall include all of the following:

(a) the capital requirements for related undertakings which are credit institutions, investment firms or financial institutions and the own fund items of those undertakings calculated according to the relevant sectoral rules referred to in Article 2(7) of Directive 2002/87/EC;

(b) the capital requirements for related undertakings which are institutions for occupational retirement provision and the own funds items of those undertakings calculated according to Articles 17 to 17c of Directive 2003/41/EC;

(c) the capital requirements for related undertakings which are UCITS management companies calculated in accordance with Article 7(1)(a) of Directive 2009/65/EC and the own funds of those undertakings calculated in accordance with point 1 of Article 2(1) of that Directive;

(d) the capital requirements for related undertakings which are alternative investment fund managers calculated in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2011/61/EU and the own funds of those undertakings calculated in accordance with Article 4(1)(ad) of that Directive;

(e) the notional capital requirements and the own fund items of related undertakings which are non-regulated undertakings carrying out financial activities, where the notional capital requirement is the capital requirement with which the related undertaking would have to comply under the relevant sector rules if the undertaking were a regulated entity.

For the purposes of applying the provisions set out in Article 235 of Directive 2009/138/EC, where the parent insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company has issued subordinated debt or has other eligible own funds subject to the limits set out in Article 98 of that Directive, Article 226(2) of that Directive shall apply.

Special purpose vehicles, as defined in Article 13(26) of Directive 2009/138/EC, to which the participating undertaking or one of its subsidiaries has transferred risk shall be excluded from the calculation of group solvency in any of the following situations:

(a) the special purpose vehicle complies with the requirements set out in Article 211 of Directive 2009/138/EC, or where applicable with the Member State law in accordance with Article 211(3) of that Directive;

(b) the special purpose vehicle is regulated by a third country supervisory authority, and complies with requirements equivalent to those set out in Article 211(2) of Directive 2009/138/EC.

For the purposes of this paragraph, Article 211 of Directive 2009/138/EC shall apply at the level of the group.

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RULEBOOK TOPIC:  SECTION 1 - Group solvency: choice of calculation method and general principles

RULEBOOK CATEGORY:  DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2015/35

Last update on:  03 May 2021