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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9395
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin

Ecofin Council reaches preliminary agreement on draft directive on payment services

Brussels, 27/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 27 March; German finance minister Peer Steinbrück said that a unanimous decision had been taken on the directive on payment services (see EUROPE 9080). Satisfied, on behalf of the German presidency, with this tangible result in the area of the internal market, Mr Steinbrück said he felt the future directive would provide a legislative framework which would help bring legal security for both economic operators and for ordinary citizens....

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