Insurance Europe welcomes the opportunity to comment further in writing on the preparatory materials circulated by the European Commission before the first meeting of its expert group on European insurance contract law (EICL), which took place on 18-19 April 2013.

Insurance Europe is ready to work with the European Commission and contribute constructively to the EU expert group on EICL, in order to try to identify and/or address any contract law barriers that have a significant impact on cross-border trade.

However, Insurance Europe remains concerned about the organisation of the expert group, the mandate and the tendency to minimise the importance of other barriers to cross-border trade.