The Comité Consultatif du Secteur Financier is responsible for studying issues relating to relations between credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions, investment firms, portfolio management companies and insurance companies on the one hand, and their respective customers on the other, and for proposing any appropriate measures in this area, in particular in the form of opinions or general recommendations.
Matters may be referred to the Committee by the Minister for the Economy, by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, by organisations representing customers and by the professional organisations from which its members come. It may also be convened on its own initiative at the request of a majority of its members.
The majority of the Committee’s members are, in equal numbers, representatives of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions, investment firms, portfolio management companies, insurance companies, general agents and insurance brokers, on the one hand, and customer representatives, on the other.
The Committee also includes a Member of Parliament and a Senator.
The composition of the committee, the conditions under which its members and chairman are appointed, and its organisational and operational rules are specified by decree.
The Committee is responsible for monitoring changes in the practices of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions with regard to charges for services offered to their individual customers who are not acting for professional purposes.
For the application of a of article L. 613-2 of the Consumer Code, the Chairman of the Committee constitutes a collegiate body responsible for appointing the mediators of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions, investment firms, portfolio management companies, insurance organisations and insurance, banking and finance intermediaries who so request.