3

Localisation and Deposit of Assets

3.1

A third country branch undertaking (except a third country branch undertaking that has a third country pure reinsurance branch) must hold in the UK assets required to cover the branch SCR.

3.2

[Deleted.]

3.3

A third country branch undertaking (except a third country branch undertaking that has a third country pure reinsurance branch) must hold on deposit as security in the UK with a CRD credit institution assets of an amount equal to at least one quarter of the absolute floor of the MCR set out in Minimum Capital Requirement 3.2.

[Note: Art. 162(2), Art. 166(4), Art. 167(1) and (2) of the Solvency II Directive]