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Article R356-6 of the French Insurance Code

I.-The equivalence of group supervision exercised by a supervisory authority of a third country to that mentioned in Article L. 356-11 may be determined by a delegated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of Article 260 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 (Solvency II). II – Where no delegated act has been adopted by the Commission,…

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Article R356-7 of the French Insurance Code

I.-For the application of Article L. 356-12, insurance or reinsurance undertakings shall apply either the general principles and methods mentioned in Articles L. 356-6 to L. 356-10 and L. 356-15 to L. 356-24 at the level of the parent undertaking in the third country in accordance with the procedures set out in II, or one of the methods set out in III. II.For the sole purpose of calculating group solvency,…

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Article R356-8 of the French Insurance Code

Articles R. 356-9 to R. 356-22 apply to the participating and parent undertakings mentioned respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2. For the purposes of the solvency calculation referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-10, the parent undertaking referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 356-2 is treated as an insurance or reinsurance undertaking subject to the rules laid down in…

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Article R356-9 of the French Insurance Code

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, in its capacity as group supervisor, shall ensure that the calculations used to verify compliance with the requirements referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 356-15 are carried out at least once a year by the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 or by the undertaking designated in accordance with 5° of Article L. 356-15….

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Article R356-10 of the French Insurance Code

The solvency calculation at the level of the group of insurance and reinsurance undertakings is carried out in accordance with the first method referred to in Article R. 356-19, based on consolidated data. However, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, in its capacity as group supervisor, may decide, after consulting the other supervisory authorities concerned and the group itself, to apply to the group the second method referred…

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Article R356-11 of the French Insurance Code

I.-The calculation of group solvency takes account of the proportional share held by the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 356-8 in its affiliated undertakings. This proportional share corresponds to: a) Where the first method is used, the percentages used to prepare the consolidated financial statements; or b) Where the second method is used, the proportion of the subscribed capital held, directly or indirectly, by the…

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Article R356-12 of the French Insurance Code

I.-The double use of own funds eligible to cover the Solvency Capital Requirement of the various insurance or reinsurance undertakings taken into account in the calculation is prohibited. To this end, when calculating the solvency of the group, if the methods described in articles R. 356-19 to R. 356-22 do not so provide, the following amounts are excluded: a) The value of any assets of the undertaking mentioned in the…

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Article R356-13 of the French Insurance Code

When calculating group solvency, no account is taken of any own funds eligible to cover the Solvency Capital Requirement arising from reciprocal financing between the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 and: a) A related undertaking; b) A participating undertaking; c) Another undertaking related to any of its participating undertakings. When calculating the solvency of the group, no account is taken of any own funds…

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Article R356-14 of the French Insurance Code

Assets and liabilities are valued in accordance with Article L. 351-1. The methods for calculating the best estimate of the prudential technical provisions referred to in Article L. 351-2, on the basis of consolidated data, are set out in Article 339 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. At group level, the calculation of the risk margin, is carried out in accordance with Article 340 of…

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Article R356-15 of the French Insurance Code

Where the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 has more than one related insurance undertaking or reinsurance undertaking, each of them is taken into account in the calculation of the group solvency. Where the related insurance undertaking or the related reinsurance undertaking has its head office in another Member State, the calculation shall take account, in respect of that related undertaking, of the Solvency Capital…

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