17 March 2009

Forum Agenda/Notes

 


Agenda: 

European Finance Forum

Tuesday, 17 March, 14:30 – 17:30 hours

Venue: Scotland House, Rond-Point Schuman 6,

B-1040, Brussels

Response to the Financial Crisis - Supervisory aspects

The Delarosière-Group Report

The high level expert group chaired by Jacques de Larosière will present its report on 25 February. The Commission will, on 4 March, set out its view of the way forward, as part of its package of proposals to the Spring European Council on 19-20 March.

The group should consider in particular how the supervision of European financial institutions and markets should best be organised,  how to strengthen European co-operation on financial stability oversight, early warning mechanisms and crisis management, and how supervisors should co-operate with other major jurisdictions to help safeguard financial stability at the global level. 

Speakers: 

Pervenche Beres

MEP, Chair of ECON Committee (confirmed)

David Wright

Deputy Director General, European Commission (confirmed)

N.N.

Czech Presidency (to be confirmed)

N.N.

Member of Delarosiere Group (to be confirmed) 

Notes:

In view of the detailed information supplied it was decided that the meeting would operate under 'Chatham House Rules' therefore no notes were taken.

Chatham House Rule: "When a meeting is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed".

The world-famous Chatham House Rule may be invoked at meetings to encourage openness and the sharing of information.