[F1 Article 43 U.K. General provisions
1 . The rates of the basic risk-free interest rate term structure shall meet all of the following criteria:
( a ) insurance and reinsurance undertakings are able to earn the rates in a risk-free manner in practice;
( b ) the rates are reliably determined based on financial instruments traded in a deep, liquid and transparent financial market.
The rates of the relevant risk-free interest rate term structure shall be calculated separately for each currency and maturity, based on all information and data relevant for that currency and that maturity.
2 . The techniques, data specifications and parameters used for determining the technical information on the relevant risk-free interest rate term structure F2..., including the ultimate forward rate, the last maturity for which the relevant risk-free interest rate term structure is not being extrapolated and the duration of its convergence towards the ultimate forward rate, shall be transparent, prudent, reliable, objective and consistent over time.
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Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/981 of 8 March 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (Text with EEA relevance).
F2Words in Art. 43(2) omitted (30.6.2024) by virtue of The Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings (Prudential Requirements) (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/594), regs. 1(2), 6(3) (with reg. 3)
F3Art. 43(3)-(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Risk Transformation and Solvency 2 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1233), regs. 1(4), 6(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)