European Parliament
Alexander Mirsky  (S&D ),
in writing
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It is high time it was necessary to replace the existing national payment systems by a single European system. It is good that the Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on 16 December 2010 to set deadlines for the two main payment methods – bank transfer and direct debits – to move all existing systems to the Single Payment Area scheme. The regulation also provides for a ban on the use of fees between banks for direct debit transactions as currently charged in six countries (France, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, and Sweden). I support the initiative.

