Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35Show full title

Article 332 Classification of own-fund items of related third-country insurance or reinsurance undertakings at group level

1. Where an own-fund item has been issued by a related third-country insurance or reinsurance undertaking, the participating undertaking shall classify the own-fund item using the criteria for classification set out in Title I, Chapter IV, Section 2. provided that all of the following additional requirements are met:

(a) undertakings comply with the requirements set out in Articles 71, 73 and 77 of this Regulation;

(b) the own-fund item is free from encumbrances and is not connected with any other transaction, which when considered with the own-fund item, could result in that own-fund item not satisfying the requirements set out in Article 94 of Directive 2009/138/EC at group level.

2. For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 1:

(a) the term “Solvency Capital Requirement” in Articles 71, 73 and 77 of this Regulation shall mean the group Solvency Capital Requirement;

(b) the term “Minimum Capital Requirement” in Articles 71, 73 and 77 of this Regulation shall mean both the capital requirement, as laid down by the third country supervisory authority concerned, of the undertaking which has issued the own-fund item and one of the following minimums:

(i)

where method 1 is used, the minimum for the group Solvency Capital Requirement as calculated in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 230(2) of Directive 2009/138/EC;

(ii)

where a combination of methods 1 and 2 is used, the minimum determined in accordance with Article 341 of this Regulation.