(1) Subject to the provisions of section 13 of the Assurance Companies Act, 1909, section 36 of the Insurance Act, 1989, and these Regulations and following consultation with the Bank, an insurance undertaking to which Part 8 of these Regulations applies may assign all or part of its portfolio of insurance policies in accordance with the following sub-articles of this Article.
(2) Where a branch established in the State, of an insurance undertaking whose head office is not situated in the territory of a Member State, proposes to assign all or part of its portfolio of insurance policies covering insurance business to an assignee established in the State, the assignment shall not be effected unless the assignee possesses the necessary solvency margin after taking the assignment into account or, where appropriate, the supervisory authorities of the Member State referred to in Article 30 of the First Directive certify that the assignee possesses the necessary solvency margin after taking t
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