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Where we are with the European Court of Justice ruling

Since our last update in December new court proceedings have started against us, seeking to challenge, among other things, our intended approach for calculating any increases due to our members as a result of the ruling.

Update on the European Court of Justice ruling

Our previous article about implementing the European Court of Justice ruling gave you an overview of our interim approach to calculating any increases due and provided some illustrative examples of what it might mean in practice for members.

We’ve published our levy rules for 2019/20

Following the consultation we launched in September today we’ve published our final levy rules for 2019/20.

Implementing the European Court of Justice ruling

In September 2018 the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) ruled that pension scheme members should receive at least 50% of the value of their accrued old age benefits if their employer became insolvent.

Court of Justice of the European Union judgement - update

Following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) last month, we have started to write to capped members who we believe are affected by the ruling. This is to confirm our records, because we do not have all the data we need to calculate the increase due. We will be writing in tranches over the coming weeks, so members who believe they are affected, but do not receive a letter immediately, do not need to contact us.

New levy estimate for 2019/20

We’ve announced the amount of levy we will collect in 2019/20 will be £500 million. This is down from £550 million in 2018/19.

Court of Justice of the European Union's judgement on Hampshire v PPF

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has today ruled that individual members should receive at least 50 per cent of the value of their accrued old age pension in the event of employer insolvency.