1 Amendments of Adam BIELAN related to 2012/2040(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that domestic and cross- border multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) vary significantly between Member States; Believes that both domestic and cross-boarder multilateral interchange fees in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) should be harmonised and progressively banned by a fixed deadline and that, in parallel,in order to allow consumers to benefit from the Single Market; Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment, by the end of 2012, on setting a cap for MIFs and progressively reducing it; Calls on the Commission to propose, if justified by the results of the impact assessment, a Regulation harmonising MIFs and progressively decreasing them so as to be aligned with real costs by the end of 2015; Believes that surcharges, rebates and other steering practices should be progressively banned as well, paving the way for a more transparent European sSingle mMarket of payments;