Brussels, 01/09/2008 (Agence Europe) -The European Commission has launched a public consultation, to last until 15 October, on the possibility of reinforcing requirements for own funds for financial institutions facing so-called incremental risks. The Commission takes the view that it is "desirable" to change these rules in line with standards recently developed at international level by the Bâle Committee. The questions put to the interested parties concerned, amongst other things, the binding nature (or otherwise) and the scope of measures to be taken, and new obligations on investor information arising from this. The consultation document is available at the following address: http: //ec.europa.eu/internal_market/bank/docs/regcapital/feedback_en.pdf (M.B./trans.fl)