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This Directive shall not apply to insurance and reinsurance distribution activities in relation to risks and commitments located outside the Union. This Directive shall not affect a Member State’s law in respect of insurance and reinsurance distribution activities pursued by insurance and reinsurance undertakings or intermediaries established in a third country and operating on its territory under the principle of freedom to provide services, provided that equal treatment is guaranteed to all persons carrying out or authorised to carry out insurance and reinsurance distribution activities on that market. This Directive shall not regulate insurance or reinsurance distribution activities carried out in third countries. Member States shall inform the Commission of any general difficulties which their insurance or reinsurance distributors encounter in establishing themselves or carrying out insurance or reinsurance distribution activities in any third country.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.