http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/19/contentsDirective 2008/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2002/83/EC concerning life assurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the CommissionDirective 2008/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective 2008/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2002/83/EC concerning life assurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission2020-12-10King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32008L0019texttext/xmlen2008-03-11Article 1AmendmentsArticle 2Entry into forceArticle 3Addressees

Directive 2008/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 11 March 2008

amending Directive 2002/83/EC concerning life assurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 47(2) and 55 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee

OJ C 161, 13.7.2007, p. 45.

,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty

Opinion of the European Parliament of 14 November 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 3 March 2008.

,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

OJ L 345, 19.12.2002, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2007/44/EC (OJ L 247, 21.9.2007, p. 1).

provides that certain measures are to be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission

OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

.

(2)

Decision 1999/468/EC has been amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, which introduced the regulatory procedure with scrutiny for the adoption of measures of general scope and designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty, inter alia, by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing the instrument with new non-essential elements.

(3)

In accordance with the statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission

OJ C 255, 21.10.2006, p. 1.

concerning Decision 2006/512/EC, for the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to be applicable to instruments adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty which are already in force, those instruments must be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures.

(4)

The Commission should be empowered to adopt the measures necessary for the implementation of Directive 2002/83/EC in order to take account of technical developments in the insurance sector or on financial markets and to ensure uniform application of that Directive. Those measures are designed to adjust the elements eligible for the available solvency margin; extend the list of legal forms; amend the list of classes of insurance or adapt the terminology used in that list; clarify or adjust the items constituting the solvency margin; amend the list of assets acceptable as cover for technical provisions and the rules on the spreading of investments; change the relaxations in the matching rules; clarify definitions; and make the necessary technical adjustments to the rules for setting the maxima applicable to interest rates. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2002/83/EC, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

(5)

Directive 2002/83/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

Since the amendments made to Directive 2002/83/EC by this Directive are technical in nature and concern committee procedure only, they do not need to be transposed by the Member States. It is therefore not necessary to lay down provisions to that effect,

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