Strasbourg, 23/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament cautiously welcomes the initiative launched by the Commission to establish a single payments area in the EU to facilitate and make secure payments by credit card or electronic bank transfers. With the adoption of the own-initiative report by Alexander Radwan (CSU), MEPs welcome the initiative but mainly insist that Community provisions must not be detrimental to the efficiency of systems and practices at national level. Clearly...