Brussels, 17/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Dutch Christian Democrat Karla Peijs on cross-border payments. In so doing, it approved the European Commission's proposal aimed at putting an end to the exorbitant bank charges imposed for cross-border transfers and payments within the euro zone. In order to facilitate quick adoption of the regulation, which is the object of codecision procedure, the...