European Parliament
Raül Romeva i Rueda  (Verts/ALE ),
in writing.
In favour. The text requests that the Commission put forward a detailed assessment of the state of play in all Member States by September 2012; requests the Commission to submit, by January 2013, on the basis of Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for a directive ensuring access to basic payment services to all consumers legally residing in the Union, unless that detailed assessment demonstrates that there is no need for such a proposal, following the detailed recommendations set out in the Annex hereto; but it also confirms that the recommendations respect fundamental rights and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, and considers that the requested proposal does not have any financial implications for the budget of the European Union.

