The European Commission has decided to pursue infringement procedures against 11 Member States, including the United Kingdom, for failure to implement in national law the directive on occupational pensions.
It has decided to formally request Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom to complete their implementation of the Directive on Occupational Pensions, and Belgium and Italy to complete their implementation of the Prospectus Directive. These requests take the form of “reasoned opinions”, the second stage of the infringement procedure laid down in Article 226 of the EC Treaty. If there is no satisfactory reply within two months, the Commission may refer the matter to the European Court of Justice. The Commiss...
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