Non-EU Member States: Croatia, Guernsey, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland.ģ EFRP Response EC Consultation on Hedge Funds 31 January General comments 1. Chris VERHAEGEN, Secretary General Koningsstraat Brussels Tel: / Fax: EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Sweden, UK. Through its Member Associations the EFRP represents approximately 3,5 trillion of assets (2007) managed for future occupational pension payments. 83 million EU citizens are covered for their workplace pension plan by EFRP Members. The CEEC Forum has not expressed its view on this consultation as such since there are no IORPs operating in the CEEC region as focussed on by this consultation. The EFRP has 28 members associations in most EU-15 Member States and other European countries that have a significant in size and relevance workplace pension system 1 Within EFRP the Central & Eastern European Countries Forum (CEEC Forum) has been established (26 October 2006) to discuss issues common to pension systems in that region. Some of them are also operating purely individual pension schemes (3 rd pillar). Its membership at large consists of institutions for workplace (2 nd pillar) retirement. 1 31 January 2009 EFRP Response European Commission Consultation on Hedge FundsĢ EFRP Response EC Consultation on Hedge Funds 31 January Identification of Response The European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) represents the various national associations of pension funds and similar institutions for supplementary/occupational pension provision.