Circular NBB_2021_03 on the repeal and removal from the Bank's website of various circulars and notices

NBB_2021_03 20.01.2021 Circular Page 1/3 Berlaymontlaan 14 - BE-1000 Brussels tel. +32 2 221 27 31 fax +32 2 221 31 36 enterprise number: 0203.201.340 RPR Brussels www.nbb.be Circular Brussels, 20 January 2021 Reference: NBB_2021_03 your correspondent: Bertrand Leton tel. +32 2 221 23 65 fax +32 2 221 31 36 bertrand.leton@nbb.be Circular concerning the repeal and the removal, from the Bank's website, of various circulars and notices Scope This circular concerns: a) insurance and reinsurance undertakings governed by Belgian law that must apply for a licence as referred to in Article 18, first paragraph, 1° of the Law of 13 March 2016 on the status and supervision of insurance or reinsurance undertakings, including:

• the undertakings referred to in Article 276 of the aforementioned Law of 13 March 2016,
• mutual insurance companies as defined in Article 15, 79° of the aforementioned Law of 13 March 2016, provided that, for these, Article 15, 84° of the aforementioned Law of 13 March 2016 applies. b) Belgian branches of insurance and reinsurance undertakings that fall under the law of a country that is not a member of the European Economic Area. Summary/Objective This circular serves to inform insurance and reinsurance undertakings that various circulars and notices are being repealed and/or removed from the Bank's website. Legal basis Law of 13 March 2016 on the status and supervision of insurance or reinsurance undertakings. Structure I. Objectives II. Obsolete notices and circulars III. Non-prudential notices and circulars

Circular Page 2/3 NBB_2021_03 20.01.2021 Dear Madam Dear Sir I. Objectives This circular informs insurance and reinsurance undertakings that various circulars and notices are being repealed and/or removed from the website of the Bank, either because these circulars and notices are no longer in compliance with the current requirements of the Law of 13 March 2016 on the status and supervision of insurance or reinsurance undertakings or its implementing measures, or because their purpose is not of a prudential nature and does not fall within the competences of the Bank. II. Obsolete circulars and notices The circulars and notices listed below are obsolete and are therefore repealed as of the publication of this circular. This repeal naturally does not change the applicable legal and regulatory framework and does not release undertakings from compliance with the legal and regulatory provisions referred to in the circulars and notices. The attention of the undertakings is also drawn to the fact that some provisions of the repealed circulars and notices have been incorporated in later circulars.

NBB_2021_03 20.01.2021 Circular Page 3/3 III. Non-prudential circulars and notices The circulars and notices listed below are not of a prudential nature and do not fall under the competences of the Bank. For this reason, they are removed from the website of the Bank. The attention of insurance and reinsurance undertakings is drawn to the fact that this removal in no way means that these circulars and notices are repealed. It is the competence of the Financial Services and Markets Authority to decide whether and when these circulars and notices must be repealed. A copy of this circular is sent to the commissioner(s), accredited auditor(s) of your institution. Respectfully, Pierre WUNSCH Governor