Christian Schäfer has been appointed as the digital euro scheme rulebook manager, responsible for leading the development of the digital euro rulebook. As the chair of the Rulebook Development Group, he will report to the digital euro programme manager in the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments (DG-MIP). The Eurosystem has been exploring different options for the distribution of a digital euro since the ECB Governing Council’s decision to launch the investigation phase of the project. After careful consideration, a digital euro scheme has been identified as the most suitable approach to achieve the objectives of a digital euro, leveraging the strengths of both the public and private sectors. In order to facilitate this, DG-MIP sought a senior expert from the payments industry to manage the work and coordinate the drafting of a potential digital euro scheme rulebook, which will establish the rules for payment transactions involving a digital euro.
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