Activities of Christian ENGSTRÖM related to 2012/2040(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Card, internet and mobile payments (short presentation)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Towards an integrated European market for card, internet and mobile payments
Amendments (5)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. BelievesNotes that technologies for electronic payments are developing rapidly at the moment, does not believe that 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, surcharges, rebates and other steering practices should be progressively banned as well, paving the way for a more transparent European single market of paymentsregulated in detail at this time;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers it likely that there will be a growing number of European companies whose activities are effectively dependent on being able to accept payments by card; considers it to be in the public interest to define objective rules describing the circumstances and procedures under which card payment schemes may unilaterally refuse acceptance;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Highlights that non-banks should not have access to information on the balance of funds of a customers' bank account, apart from a simple confirmation at the point when the transaction takes place that there are sufficient funds to complete a transaction;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Asks the Commission to assess the possibility of liberalising the payment card market and promoting new entrants into this market, by for example having a common payment infrastructure for all transactions regardless of the card provider.