PART VIIN.I.CROSS-BORDER ACTIVITIES WITHIN EUROPEAN UNION

UK occupational pension scheme receiving contributions from European employerN.I.

Notification of legal requirements of [F1host EEA state] outside United KingdomN.I.

266.—(1) Where—

(a)the Regulator has notified the competent authority of the [F2host EEA state] under paragraph (2)(a)(i) of Article 265, and

(b)in pursuance of Article 20(5) of the Directive, the Regulator receives information from the competent authority as to requirements of the social and labour law of the [F2host EEA state] and as to the other matters referred to in Article 20(5) of the Directive,

the Regulator must as soon as reasonably practicable forward that information to the person who gave the notice of intention under Article 265.

(2) Where—

(a)the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme are approved under Article 265 in relation to a European employer, and

(b)in pursuance of Article 20(8) of the Directive, the Regulator receives information ( “the new information”) from the competent authority of the [F3host EEA state] as to changes affecting any information previously forwarded under paragraph (1),

the Regulator must as soon as reasonably practicable forward the new information to the trustees or managers.