CEPS/ECRI launches Task Force on retail credit in Europe

Within the context of discussions on the best way forward as regards responsible lending and borrowing in Europe, CEPS/ECRI will launch a new Task Force that will look at how the EU could most efficiently respond to the challenges posed and deficiencies revealed by the financial crisis in the area of retail credit.

Under the title “A New Retail Credit Regime for Europe: Setting the Right Priorities “ the working group will get together in four full-day multi-stakeholder workshops between May and November 2010. The meetings are designed to create an open and informal but structured dialogue on regulatory priorities for the EU retail credit market(s).

At the end of the Task Force, CEPS/ECRI will publish and circulate among EU and member state policy circles an authoritative analysis including policy recommendations together with a CEPS/ECRI Task Force Report, which will also be officially published in the CEPS Task Force Report publication series. This report will be based on discussions in the meetings supplemented by research carried out by the rapporteurs.

For more information and registration, click here to download the Task Force Prospectus.