Brussels, 26/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the Internal Market Council reached an agreement on the entry into force of the regulation aligning the cost of crossborder payments to that of national payments, in July 2003. The stances expressed brought Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal - that urged for more time to be left to banks for reaching a voluntary commitment - into opposition with the supporters of swifter implementation. The points discussed pertain to:
Voluntary...