Article 63 | Solvency II Directive | Directive 2009/138/EC

Article 63 - Directive 2009/138/EC (Solvency II Directive)

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Article 63

Voting rights

For the purposes of this Section, the voting rights referred to in Articles 9 and 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC, as well as the conditions regarding aggregation thereof laid down in Article 12(4) and (5) of that Directive, shall be taken into account.

Member States shall not take into account voting rights or shares which investment firms or credit institutions may hold as a result of providing the underwriting of financial instruments and/or placing of financial instruments on a firm commitment basis included under point 6 of Section A of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC, provided that those rights are, on the one hand, not exercised or otherwise used to intervene in the management of the issuer and, on the other, disposed of within one year of acquisition.

TITLE I - GENERAL RULES ON THE TAKING-UP AND PURSUIT OF DIRECT INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE ACTIVITIES (Article 1-177)

CHAPTER I - Subject matter, scope and definitions (Article 1-13)

CHAPTER II - Taking-up of business (Article 14-26)

CHAPTER III - Supervisory authorities and general rules (Article 27-39)

CHAPTER IV - Conditions governing business (Article 40-72)

Section 1 - Responsibility of the administrative, management or supervisory body (Article 40)

Section 2 - System of governance (Article 41-50)

Section 3 - Public disclosure (Article 51-56)

Section 4 - Qualifying holdings (Article 57-63)Article 57 - Acquisitions GL Article 58 - Assessment period GL Article 59 - Assessment GL Article 60 - Acquisitions by regulated financial undertakings GL Article 61 - Information to the supervisory authority by the insurance or reinsurance undertaking GL Article 62 - Qualifying holdings, powers of the supervisory authority GL Article 63 - Voting rights GL

Section 5 - Professional secrecy, exchange of information and promotion of supervisory convergence (Article 64-71)

Section 6 - Duties of auditors (Article 72)

CHAPTER V - Pursuit of life and non-life insurance activity (Article 73-74)

CHAPTER VI - Rules relating to the valuation of assets and liabilities, technical provisions, own funds, Solvency Capital Requirement, Minimum Capital Requirement and investment rules (Article 75-135)

CHAPTER VII - Insurance and reinsurance undertakings in difficulty or in an irregular situation (Article 136-144)

CHAPTER VIII - Right of establishment and freedom to provide services (Article 145-161)

CHAPTER IX - Branches established within the community and belonging to insurance or reinsurance undertakings with head offices situated outside the community (Article 162-175)

CHAPTER X - Subsidiaries of insurance and reinsurance undertakings governed by the laws of a third country and acquisitions of holdings by such undertakings (Article 176-177)

TITLE II - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE (Article 178-211)

TITLE III - SUPERVISION OF INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE UNDERTAKINGS IN A GROUP (Article 212-266)

TITLE IV - REORGANISATION AND WINDING-UP OF INSURANCE UNDERTAKINGS (Article 267-296)

TITLE V - OTHER PROVISIONS (Article 297-304b)

TITLE VI - TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS (Article 305-312)

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