6 Amendments of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2010/2239(INI)
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to clarify when a cross-border activity is triggered, also taking into account the provisions of the Posted workers Directive and the position of expatriates in general, and that national social and labour laws, including compulsory membership, applies only to pension schemes whatever the legal form of the pension provider might be; in addition calls on the Commission to further harmonise rules concerning technical provisions, in particular the technical rate of interest, in order to prevent supervisory arbitrage; suggests that Member States should allow ring fencing;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls the IORP Directive statements that “a genuine internal market for financial services is crucial for economic growth and job creation in the Community” and “this Directive thus represents a first step on the way to an internal market for occupational retirement provision organised on a European scale”;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that financial markets can function efficiently only when there is confidence and trust and considers that confidence and trust requires solid prudential rules for financial institutions and IORPs should be no exception to this;
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Believes that, in order to achieve consistency of prudential regimes among different financial services providers, the “same risks – same rules – same capital” principle must apply, taking into account the characteristics of each pension product or scheme;
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers the quantitative and qualitative elements of Solvency II to be of great importance for their application to IORPs; notes that this applies in particular to requirements in relation to good risk management;
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that the newly established European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) should play an important role in the development of a solvency regime for pension funds in general and IORPs more specifically; the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority shall develop draft technical standards and shall issue guidelines and recommendations on provisions of prudential nature relevant to the field of occupational pensions (e.g. the calculation of technical provisions);