Brussels, 14/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - The committee on economic and monetary affairs has adopted, by unanimity minus one abstention, the report by Jean-Paul Gauzès (EPP-ED, France) on a proposed directive on payment services. The objective of this legislative initiative is to make cross-border payments as simple and inexpensive as national payments (see EUROPE 9080). The modifications made to the initial proposal by the Parliamentary committee relate particularly to its scope of...