Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2147 of 6 August 2024 laying down technical information for the calculation of technical provisions and basic own funds for reporting with reference dates from 30 June 2024 until 29 September 2024 in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2147of 6 August 2024laying down technical information for the calculation of technical provisions and basic own funds for reporting with reference dates from 30 June 2024 until 29 September 2024 in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II)OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1., and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 77e(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the calculation of technical provisions and basic own funds by insurance and reinsurance undertakings for the purposes of Directive 2009/138/EC, technical information on relevant risk-free interest rate term structures, fundamental spreads for the calculation of the matching adjustment and volatility adjustments should be laid down for every reference date.(2)Insurance and re-insurance undertakings should use the technical information, which is based on market data related to the end of the last month preceding the first reporting reference date to which this Regulation applies. On 5 July 2024, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority provided the Commission with the technical information related to end of June 2024 market data. That information was published on 3 July 2024 in accordance with Article 77e(1) of Directive 2009/138/EC.(3)Given the need for the immediate availability of the technical information, it is important that this Regulation enters into force as a matter of urgency.(4)For prudential reasons it is necessary that insurance and reinsurance undertakings use the same technical information for calculating technical provisions and basic own funds irrespective of the date on which they report to their competent authorities. This Regulation should therefore apply from the first reporting reference date to which this Regulation applies.(5)To provide legal certainty as soon as possible, it is duly justified on imperative grounds of urgency related to the availability of the relevant risk-free interest rate term structure that measures provided for in this Regulation be adopted in accordance with Article 8, in conjunction with Article 4, of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: