http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/575/regulation/53/madeThe Solvency 2 Regulations 2015enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2016-09-14FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS The Regulations implement in part Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance (Solvency II) (OJ L335, 17.12.2009, p.1) (the “Solvency 2 Directive”). The remainder of the Solvency 2 Directive is implemented by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) (“FSMA”), rules and individually binding requirement imposed by the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) and the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) under FSMA and a directly applicable regulation made by the European Commission. PART 4ApprovalsCHAPTER 2Specific ApprovalsTransitional measures on risk-free interest rates 53 1 An insurance undertaking, reinsurance undertaking or third-country insurance undertaking may apply to the PRA for permission to apply a transitional adjustment to a risk-free interest rate term structure with respect to admissible insurance or reinsurance obligations. 2 Admissible insurance or reinsurance obligations are insurance or reinsurance obligations that meet all of the following requirements— a the contracts that give rise to the insurance or reinsurance obligations are concluded before 1st January 2016; b the technical provisions for the insurance and reinsurance obligations are determined in accordance with rules implementing Article 20 of Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5th November 2002 concerning life assurance until 1st January 2016; c the insurance or reinsurance obligations are not subject to a matching adjustment in accordance with an approval granted under regulation 42. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), the renewal of a contract does not give rise to a new contract. 4 The PRA must approve an application made under paragraph (1) if the condition specified in paragraph (6) would be satisfied if the approval is granted. 5 Where the PRA grants approval under paragraph (4) a the undertaking may apply to vary the approval; b the PRA must vary the approval on an application made under sub-paragraph (a) if the condition specified in paragraph (6) would be satisfied in relation to the approval as varied; c the PRA must revoke the approval if the condition specified in paragraph (6) ceases to be satisfied; d the PRA must revoke the approval if the condition specified in paragraph (7) is satisfied. 6 The condition referred to in paragraphs (4), (5)(b) and (5)(c) is that the transitional adjustment is calculated in accordance with rules implementing Article 308c of the Solvency 2 Directive. 7 The condition referred to in paragraph (5)(d) is that a progress report submitted to the PRA under rules implementing Article 308e of the Solvency 2 Directive shows that it is unrealistic to expect compliance with the solvency capital requirement by 2032. OJ No L345, 19.12.02, p 1.
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