In July 2012, the European Commission asked the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (‘EIOPA’), in the broader context of efforts to develop private funded pensions, to advise on a legal framework for a Single Market for PPPs. Following a Discussion Paper, a Preliminary...

This contribution will especially address the EC's general policy in respect of the IORP II Proposal, also in connection with general more recent EU law developments, and its consequences for the pension systems of the EU Member States, with a focus on the occupational pension system of the...

Pensions are currently at the top of the agenda of companies, employees, pension carriers, governments and, last but not least, the European Commission. This is partly because of the economic crisis pension funds are in right now but also because of the aging population and the impact on public...

In this article we will discuss what the work of the EC and EIOPA means and how we should move towards a more objective valuation of pension liabilities in the EU. There are many different kinds of pension liabilities in the European Member States, and there are at least just as many different...

Mandatory pension participation in the Netherlands is currently under review. This article examines the manner in which the system of mandatory participation in sectoral pension funds is presently organised as well as future proposals from the perspective of the freedom to provide services. It...

A lack of European integration is keeping the markets closed off and, as a result, opportunities for growth and improvement in the Dutch and European pension and labour markets are not being sufficiently harnessed. We see developments that are laying the foundations for what we would like to...

This discussion paper explores how EU law affects national pensions systems, be it directly (by regulating pensions explicitly) or indirectly (by providing a regulatory framework that must be respected in the field of pensions as well as in other fields). Moreover, the focus will be on some...

This article examines the current regulatory efforts aimed at creating a Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP). In doing so, it pursues two primary objectives: firstly, it seeks to explain the relevance of a European harmonized pension product to the overall concept of the single market;...