13/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission welcomed, on Thursday, the adoption by the European Parliament and the Council of the regulation stipulating that the bank charges on cross-border payments in euros should be equal to those invoiced for similar transactions within one and the same Member State. The regulation, which provides for a certain number of obligations fixed in a timetable covering the period July 2002-January 2006, will also cover payments in currencies other than...