A short collection of references to the FSAP

By: Wolfgang Munchau

Baron Alexandre Lamfalussy

The Financial Services Action Plan is an ambitious blueprint by the European Union to create a single market for financial services by 2010. A well integrated financial services market is regarded not only as a benefit to trade integration inside the EU, but it is also regarded as particularly important for the smooth functioning of the euro area. At present, financial and banking services within the EU are poorly integrated, relative to the trade in manufactured goods.

In the following list we present a number of important documents related to the FSAP:

- The original report of the Lamfalussy Group

- The EU Commission's White Paper for Financial Services Policy 2005-2010, plus Annexes

- The EU Commission's 2005 Evaluation of the FSAP

- A practical guide to the FSAP by the UK Treasury

- A recent survey by the European Central Bank about the degree of financial market integration in the euro area

 - The EU Commission 2006 Financial Integration Monitor