The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is establishing a public register of European occupational pension schemes.

25 July 2013: The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is establishing a public register of European occupational pension schemes. This will be published on the EIOPA website (https://eiopa.europa.eu/) and is planned to go live from 31 December 2013. Under European law, the Pensions Board, like all other European pension regulators, is required to provide EIOPA with information which is necessary for EIOPA to carry out its duties which include the establishment of a public register of institutions for occupational retirement provision. This means that from 31 December 2013 the following information on Irish occupational pension schemes (excluding small schemes – less than 100 active and deferred members) will be made public: the scheme’s Pensions Board number, name and address of the scheme and whether the scheme is active, frozen or in-wind-up. The information will also indicate that the scheme is an occupational pension scheme supervised by The Pensions Board in Ireland and if the scheme operates as a cross border scheme.