Decisions adopted by the Board of the Financial Supervisory Authority

Bucharest, 14 June 2023 – During today's meeting, the Council of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) adopted measures on the functioning of the supervised non-bank financial markets - insurance, capital market and private pensions, as follows:

A) Regulation

Notification of the European Banking Authority on the intention to apply the provisions of the EBA and ESMA Joint Guideline on Common Procedures and Methodologies for the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) under Directive (EU) 2019/2034;

Draft Rule on the amendment and supplementation of the Financial Supervisory Authority's Rule No. 39/2015 on the approval of the Accounting Regulations in line with International Financial Reporting Standards, applicable to entities authorised, regulated and supervised by the Financial Supervisory Authority in the Financial Instruments and Investments Sector, as well as the Investor Compensation Fund (the draft will be published on www.asfromania.ro for public consultation for 10 days);

Rule amending and supplementing the Financial Supervision Authority's Rule No. 24/2019 on the Policyholders Guarantee Fund and the Rule on the rates of contributions payable by insurers to the Policyholders Guarantee Fund (the rules will be sent for publication to the Official Gazette of Romania).

B) Authorisation

Approval of the request of S.I.F. Oltenia S.A. for the authorisation of changes in the organisation and functioning of the company following the change of the company's name, as well as the request for authorisation of changes in the significant conditions on which the company's authorisation was based, following the amendments in its Articles of Incorporation;

Approval of the request of Societatea de Administrare a Investițiilor Patria Asset Management S.A.to authorize the amendments to the documents of Patria Global OEF, Patria Stock OEF, Patria Bond OEF and Patria Euro Bond OEF;

Approval of the request of Societatea de Administrare a Investițiilor Patria Asset Management S.A. to authorize the amendments to the documents of the Patria-Tradeville Energy ETF and to approve the increase of the holding limit to a maximum of 35% for a single issuer;

Approval of the request of S.A.I. Atlas Asset Management S.A. to withdraw the authorisation of the Alternative Investment Fund with private capital Atlas Forest and to remove it from the public register of ASF as such;

Approval of the EU prospectus for the increase of the share capital of Chromosome Dynamics S.A. București;

Approval, upon request, of the withdrawal of the operating licence of the brokerage company Transworld Asig - Broker de Asigurare S.R.L., as well as its removal from Section I and its transfer to Section II of the Register of Main Intermediaries;

Approval of the request for authorisation to amend the Custody Agreement for the assets of the Pension Fund BRD Private managed by BRD Societate de Administrare a Fondurilor de Pensii Private S.A.;

Approval of the request for approval of the amendment to the management contract for the Voluntary Pension Fund Aegon Esențial, managed by Aegon Pensii Societate de Administrare a Fondurilor de Pensii Private S.A.;

Approval of the request for prior approval of the amendment to the Prospectus of the voluntary pension scheme for the Voluntary Pension Fund Aegon Esențial, managed by Aegon Pensii  Societate de Administrare a Fondurilor de Pensii Private S.A.

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About the Financial Supervisory Authority

The Financial Supervisory Authority is the national authority, established in 2013 by GEO 93/2012 approved by Law 113/2013, for the regulation and supervision of the insurance, private pension and capital markets. The FSA contributes to strengthening the integrated framework for the functioning of the three sectors, which together account for more than 10 million participants. More information can be found at www.asfromania.ro.