Direktivet har to sider. Den ene vedrører det indre marked, som direktivet styrker for alle udbydere inden for arbejdsmarkedsrelaterede pensionskasser, og den anden side vedrører arbejdstagernes sociale sikring med øget dialog mellem arbejdsgivere og arbejdstagere i forbindelse med etablering og videreudvikling af de arbejdsmarkedsrelaterede pensionsordninger.
There are two sides to this directive: one has to do with the internal market, which the directive makes stronger for all service providers in the field of occupational retirement provision, and the other has to do with social security for workers, with more dialogue between employers and workers when occupational retirement schemes are set up and in the course of their further development.