[F115A(1)This paragraph applies to a transfer by a friendly society to which section 37(2) above applies of engagements (other than contracts of reinsurance) the effecting of which constituted the carrying on of long term business.
(2)The Commission shall not confirm such a transfer if it is to a transferee who is or will be authorised under Part I of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 F2 to carry on in the United Kingdom insurance business and whose head office is situated in another member State, unless the supervisory authorities of that State certify that the transferee will, after taking the proposed transfer into account, possess the margin of solvency required for compliance with the first life Directive.
(3)The Commission shall not confirm such a transfer in relation to engagements entered into by way of provision of insurance in another member State unless—
(a)the transferee fulfils or will fulfil the conditions mentioned in Articles 11, 12, 14 and 16 of the second life Directive in the member State in which the commitment is situated; and
(b)the supervisory authorities of that member State agree to the transfer.
(4)The Commission shall not confirm such a transfer, in relation to engagements which cover commitments situated in the United Kingdom, to a transferee who is not or will not be authorised under section 32 above or Part I of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 unless—
(a)the transferee is an insurance company established in another member State which is or will be entitled in accordance with section 81B of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 to provide insurance in the United Kingdom in respect of those commitments through that establishment; and
(b)the supervisory authorities of the member State of that establishment agree to the transfer.
(5)The Commission shall not confirm such a transfer, in relation to engagements which cover commitments situated in another member State, to a transferee who is not or will not be authorised under section 32 above or Part I of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 unless—
(a)the transferee is an insurance company established in another member State and the supervisory authorities of that member State agree to the transfer; and
(b)where the commitment is not situated in the transferee’s member State of establishment—
(i)the transferee fulfils the conditions mentioned in Articles 11, 12, 14 and 16 of the second life Directive in the member State in which the commitment is situated;
(ii)the law of that member State provides for the possibility of such a transfer; and
(iii)the supervisory authorities of that member State agree to the transfer.]