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SUP 13.7 Changes to cross border services

SUP 13.7.1GRP

Where a UK firm is exercising an EEA right under the UCITS Directive, MiFID or the5 Insurance Directives and is providing cross border services into another EEA State, any changes to the details of the services are governed by the EEA Passport Rights Regulations. References to regulations in this section are to the EEA Passport Rights Regulations. A UK firm which is not an authorised person should note that contravention of the prohibition imposed by regulation 12(1), 12A(1)5 or 16(1) is an offence. It is a defence, however, for the UK firm to show that it took all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid committing the offence.3

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SUP 13.7.2GRP

UK firms should also note that changes to the details of cross border services may lead to changes to the applicable provisions to which the UK firm is subject.

Firms passporting under5 the UCITS Directive

SUP 13.7.3GRP

If a UK firm is passporting under the UCITS Directive, regulation 12(1) states that the UK firm must not make a change in its programme of operations, or the activities to be carried on under its EEA right, unless the relevant requirements in regulation 12(2) have been complied with. These requirements are:

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  1. (1)

    the UK firm has given a notice to the FCA15 and to the Host State regulator stating the details of the proposed change; or

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  2. (2)

    if the change arises as a result of circumstances beyond the UK firm's control, the UK firm has as soon as practicable (whether before or after the change) given a notice to the FCA15 and to the Host State regulator, stating the details of the change.2

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Standard forms are15 available from the FCA authorisations team 15(see SUP 13.12 (Sources of further information)) to give the notices to the FCA referred to in15 SUP 13.7.3 G (1) and SUP 13.7.3A G.5

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5Firms passporting under MiFID

SUP 13.7.3AGRP

5If a UK firm is providing cross border services in a particular EEA State in exercise of an EEA right deriving from MiFID, the UK firm must comply with the requirements of regulation 12A(2) before it makes a change to its programme of operations, including:

  1. (1)

    changing the activities to be carried on in exercise that EEA right;

  2. (2)

    using, for the first time, any tied agent to provide services in the territory of that EEA State; or

  3. (3)

    ceasing to use any tied agent to provide services in the territory of that EEA State.

SUP 13.7.3BGRP

5The requirements of regulation 12A(2) are that:

  1. (1)

    the UK firm has given notice to the appropriate UK regulator15 stating the details of the proposed change; and

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  2. (2)

    the period of one month beginning with the day on which the UK firm gave the notice mentioned in (1) has elapsed.

SUP 13.7.6AGRP

5For further details on giving the notices to the appropriate UK regulator, as described in SUP 13.7.3 G (1), SUP 13.7.3A G, SUP 13.7.3B G, SUP 13.7.5 G (1)and SUP 13.7.6 G,15 UK firms may wish to use the standard electronic15 form available from the FCA and PRA authorisation teams 15(see SUP 13.12 (Sources of further information)).

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SUP 13.7.7AG

15Where the PRA is the appropriate UK regulator, it will consult the FCA before deciding whether to give consent to a change (or proposed change) and where the FCA is the appropriate UK regulator, it will consult the PRA before deciding whether to give consent in relation to a UK firm whose immediate group includes a PRA-authorised person.

Firms passporting under the Banking Consolidation Directive and Insurance Mediation Directive3

SUP 13.7.11GRP

A UK firm providing cross border services under the Banking Consolidation Directive or Insurance Mediation Directive is not required to supply a change to the details of cross border services notice5.3

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Liaison between regulators15

SUP 13.7.13AGRP

15Where the PRA is the appropriate UK regulator, it will consult the FCA before deciding whether to give consent to a change (or proposed change) and where the FCA is the appropriate UK regulator, it will consult the PRA before deciding whether to give consent in relation to a UK firm whose immediate group includes a PRA-authorised person.