Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2016/310 of 26 November 2015 on the equivalence of the solvency regime for insurance and reinsurance undertakings in force in Japan to the regime laid down in Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
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The solvency regime in force in Japan that applies to the reinsurance activities of undertakings with their head offices in Japan and regulated by the Insurance Business Act shall be considered as temporarily equivalent to the regime laid down in Title I of Directive 2009/138/EC. The temporary equivalence referred to in the first paragraph shall end on 31 December 2020.
The solvency regime in force in Japan that applies to the insurance activities of undertakings with their head offices in Japan and regulated by the Insurance Business Act shall be considered as provisionally equivalent to the regime laid down in Chapter VI of Title I of Directive 2009/138/EC. The provisional equivalence referred to in the first paragraph shall be granted for a period of 10 years from 1 January 2016.
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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