Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-14-Speech-3-341"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cross-border payments in euro2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011114.12.3-341"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-14-Speech-3-3422
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I thank the Commission for the brave proposal for a Regulation and congratulate Mrs Peijs for her long-term commitment to this matter, without which we probably would have been unable to convince the Commission and the Council of the need for this legislative initiative. In fact, I also support all amendments which Mrs Peijs has tabled on behalf of our group. Despite this, it is regrettable that some three years following the launch of the electronic euro and on the eve of 1 January 2002, we are still having to work on a piece of legislation of this kind. It is beyond me why the banks, which otherwise find each other so promptly and efficiently in a cross-border context and are united in effective professional organisations, should be forced by law to organise themselves properly and to automate in order to be able to work more cost-effectively in the internal market, and no longer to discriminate. The binding nature of the non-discrimination rule will raise a few eyebrows, but there is no alternative: leaving things as they are would be worse, for we would then accept what some small businesses and consumers fear, namely that the benefits of the euro will pass them by and that cross-border payments will continue to cost some EUR 20 each. As we cannot afford to lose the confidence of the consumers or of small businesses, we have no choice. There is one concern I have, and I should like to ask the Commissioner a question in that connection. How can we prevent this Regulation from being seized by the banks as an excuse to increase the charges for domestic payments, and how does the Commission itself view this proposal? Is it being regarded as a big stick in order to get a last-minute gentlemen’s agreement out of the banks or, Commissioner, do you intend to continue to move towards a Regulation? I hope that you as Commissioner remain resolute."@en1

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