On 24 April 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued new guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (the "Guidelines") which apply to insurance and reinsurance undertakings, supplementing the general regulatory framework based on the Solvency II Directive and Delegated Regulation 2015/35.
Pursuant to Article 16(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing the EIOPA, which requires the competent authorities of the EU Member States to make every effort to comply with EIOPA guidelines and confirm that they intend to comply with them, the Benelux regulators have indicated their intention to apply the Guidelines.
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