pension, pension law, european union, eu, legislation, eu policy, pension market, retirement

Prof. dr. Hans van Meerten is professor of International Pension Law at Utrecht University and lawyer.

1 Introduction [-]1.1 The creation of an EU pensions union [-]1.2 Aging and new risks [-]1.3 The EU Treaty: Precedence over national law [-]1.4 The three pension pillars [-]2 The impact of the EU's institutional system on pensions law [-]2.1 Introduction [-]2.2 EU competences to regulate pensions: The principle of conferred powers [-]2.3 The exercise of EU competences: The principles of subsidiarity and proportionality [-]2.4 Legislation and administrative rule-making [-]2.5 Rule-making and EU agencies [-]3 Occupational pensions and the freedom to provide services [-]3.1 Introduction [-]3.2 Compulsory membership and the freedom to provide services [-]3.3 Comparison: Mandatory participation in a selection of Member States [-]3.4 Concluding remarks [-]4 The Institution for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) Directive [-]4.1 Introduction [-]4.2 Scope of the directive [-]4.3 General observations on the IORP Directive [-]4.4 Revision of the IORP Directive: IORP II [-]4.5 Freedom of movement safeguarded? [-]4.6 Tax aspects [-]4.7 Final observations [-]5 Application of EU law on pensions: The property issue [-]5.1 Introduction [-]5.2 Article 17 Charter and Article 1 FP ECHR [-]5.3 Direct horizontal efffect: The ECHR v Charter [-]5.4 Application of the Charter to pension institutions [-]5.5 Conclusion [-]6 PEPP [-]6.1 Introduction [-]6.2 The pan-European personal pension product (PEPP) [-]6.3 Conclusion [-]Index [-]