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Article 379 Criteria for assessing third country equivalence

The criteria to be taken into account in order to assess whether the solvency regime of a third country that applies to insurance and reinsurance undertakings with their head office in that third country is equivalent to that laid down in Title I, Chapter VI of Directive 2009/138/EC shall be the following:

(a) whether the assessment of the financial position of domestic insurance and reinsurance undertakings relies on sound economic principles and whether solvency requirements are based on an economic valuation of all assets and liabilities;

(b) whether the solvency regime of that third country requires domestic insurance or reinsurance undertakings to hold adequate financial resources including all of the following:

(i) a requirement that those undertakings establish technical provisions with respect to all of their insurance and reinsurance obligations towards policy holders and beneficiaries of insurance and reinsurance contracts,

(ii) a requirement that assets held to cover technic

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