On Wednesday 27 June, the ambassadors of the member states to the EU (Coreper) approved the Council's negotiating position on the proposal, presented at the end of March, to align the cost of cross-border payments in euro throughout the EU (see EUROPE 11991).
Readers may recall that the aim is simple: to allow citizens and businesses located in non-Eurozone countries to enjoy the same conditions as those applicable to Eurozone residents when making cross-border payments in euro.
The Council...