Financial services
Review of functioning of Commission Regulation 358/2003, the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation
Public event, 2 June 2009, Brussels
As part of its in-depth consultation process regarding the review of Commission Regulation 358/2003 (the BER), the Commission invited industry and stakeholders from across the Community to a Public Event in Brussels on 2nd June 2009. The purpose of this day-long conference was to hear further representations on the Report (COM/2009/0138) and accompanying Working Document which were submitted to the Council and Parliament by the Commission as part of the review process, on 24 March 2009.
The Event began with a keynote speech from Commissioner Kroes and a presentation of the Commission's preliminary findings. These were followed by panel discussions involving a range of industry representatives and stakeholders on each of the categories of agreements currently exempted under the BER. Each panel discussion was followed by a question and answer session.
Full programme and list of speakers 
Videos of Public Event
Presentation of the Commission's Preliminary Findings
Panel 1: Joint Calculations, Tables and Studies
Panel 2: Standard Policy Conditions
Panel 3: Common Coverage of Certain Types of Risks (Pools)
Panel 4: Security Devices
Summary and Closing Remarks
Contact for queries / submission of written comments
Directorate-General for Competition, Unit D2 Financial Services Antitrust
e-mail: comp-insurance-ber@ec.europa.eu
Phone: Secretariat +32 (2) 29.56.133
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