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Agreement in sight at European Parliament on aligning costs of cross-border payments in currencies other than Euro

Brussels, 31/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

The MEPs of the committee on economic and monetary affairs (ECON) will take position on Monday 5 November on the draft report by Eva Maydell (EPP, Bulgaria) on the proposal to harmonise the costs of cross-border payments in euros throughout the EU (see EUROPE 11991).

In a major breakthrough, the MEPs have finally agreed to extend the effect of the regulation to cross-border payments in currencies other than Euro (see EUROPE 12085), a European source told us on Tuesday 30 October.

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