The EPC Board recently resolved that the scope of the two existing SEPA payment scheme stakeholder groups - i.e., the Scheme End-User Forum (SEUF) and the EPC Scheme Technical Forum (ESTF) - will be extended from the four SEPA payment schemes to all SEPA schemes, including payment-related schemes such as SPL and SRTP. To this end, the SEUF and ESTF will be replaced as from 1 January 2022 by two new Multi-Stakeholder Groups, i.e., the Scheme End-User Multi-Stakeholder Group (SEU MSG) and the Scheme Technical Player Multi-Stakeholder Group (STP MSG).

The SEU MSG will consist of:

a)    Up to five EPC SEPA scheme participant-related members, nominated by participants to one or more SEPA payment or payment-related schemes;

b)    Up to 20 representatives of European associations of users of the SEPA payment and payment-related schemes (Note: (associations of) participants to one or more SEPA payment or payment-related schemes cannot be considered as representatives of end-users); 

c)    The EPC Director General.

The STP MSG will consist of:

a)    Up to five EPC SEPA scheme participant-related members, nominated by participants to one or more SEPA payment or payment-related schemes;

b)    Up to ten representatives of Infrastructure Solution Providers that have declared themselves to be a SEPA scheme-compliant Infrastructure Solution Provider by means of the standard disclosure letter which has been published on the EPC website (Letter EPC171-21);

c)    Up to two representatives from major technical players active in multiple SEPA countries or from European associations of technical players that have declared themselves to offer messaging services to SEPA scheme-compliant Infrastructure Solution Providers by means of the standard disclosure letter which has been published on the EPC website (Letter EPC171-21) and are not already Infrastructure Solution Providers under 4b);

d)    Up to 15 representatives from other major technical players active in multiple SEPA countries or from European associations of technical players that provide services and products that enable the processing of SEPA payment and/or payment-related schemes transactions or services, or offer value-added services in the inter-participant, the customer-to-participant or in the participant-to-customer space; 

e)    The EPC Director General.

More details regarding the membership criteria and structure of the SEU MSG and the STP MSG, together with details on their internal organisation, rules and processes, are detailed in the Terms of Reference of the SEU MSG and the STP MSG which are available for download in “Related Documents”.

Accepted SEU MSG and STP MSG candidates will be elected for a two-year mandate effective on 1 January 2022.

Application letters including an up-to-date CV in English should be sent to [email protected] by 29 October 2021, close of business. Candidates should clearly indicate the category of member they/their organisation belongs to, and whether they wish to apply for the role of Co-Chair of the relevant body they are applying for.

Kindly note that the present call for candidates is subject to the provisions of the privacy disclaimer available for download in “Related Documents”.