DG MARKT will launch a pilot project setting up a European financial expertise centre for the direct benefit of European end-users and non-industry stakeholders in the financial services area. An open call for proposals will be launched in 2012.  

As communicated in its current edition of Single Market News, the Commission has added a new webpage to the DG MARKT website providing an overview on the composition and mandate of all active expert groups: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/internal_market/expert_groups_en.htm

Below are the Groups that currently exist:

The FSUG was set up only this year and its output in terms of written opinions has not been disseminated very widely. See the FSUG website for recent opinions from the expert group:  such as

27.9.2011          Financial Stability Board (FSB) on Consumer Finance Protection
31.8.2011          OECD draft high-level principles on financial consumer protection  
4.8.2011            Letter to President Barroso on financial user representation and effective consumer protection
14.7.2011          Letters to President Barroso   & Commissioner Barnier   on the withdrawal of legislative proposal on access to a basic payment account
29.4.2011          Towards a coherent European approach to collective redress  
8.4.2011            Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)  
22.3.2011          Interest rate restrictions in the EU  
15.3.2011          Review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)