COMMENTS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION REGARDING NOTIFICATION

G/TBT/N/CHN/1172

PROVISIONS ON INSURANCE SYSTEM INFORMATIZATION

The European Union (EU) would like to thank the authorities of China for providing the opportunity to comment on the draft Provisions on Insurance System Informatization notified on 19 April 2016.

The EU would like to raise the following general and specific comments.

1. General remarks

The EU notes that a previous draft of the Provisions was subject to public consultation by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) until 31 October 2015. The EU sent comments to China by the deadline.

The EU appreciates that the CIRC has addressed some EU comments in the notified draft, notably by removing the obligation to use domestic cryptography products and services (Article 54) and by giving some flexibility to insurance companies with appropriate testing capability to carry out in-house performance and security tests (Article 22).