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"Mr President, I would like to thank all those who spoke for their contribution. What particularly struck me during the course of Mrs Bowles’s initial speech was the fact that the whole Parliament has shown unanimous support for the implementation of the single euro payments area (SEPA), as it had already amply demonstrated in the past. That is confirmed by the draft resolution. It is a project that is two years old and I think that it needs to be implemented now. Once again, I repeat that I have been struck by the unanimity that was expressed again a moment ago on the need to set a deadline.
I therefore confirm my commitment to setting that deadline. Please allow me a few weeks simply to take the time – I believe it will be time well spent – to meet with all of the key players in the banking sector. I will carry out this brief consultation – on this subject and on others relating to the proper implementation of SEPA – and then I will take the decisions quickly, as Mrs Bowles has asked.
SEPA will only be a success if it fully meets the expectations of consumers and the people who use it. I am talking about businesses, particularly small businesses, consumers, and national administrations. The Commission hopes – and it will move in that direction – that the concerns of users are taken into account when implementing SEPA. I would like to say to Mrs Băsescu that I will also pay attention to the efforts of the new Member States – and I know that such efforts exist in your country as well as in others – to be fully included in the SEPA project, which is in everyone’s interests.
Finally, with regard to cards, which I mentioned in my hearing, it seems that greater clarity is needed. Once again, I need a few weeks, or a few months at most, in which to hold meetings in order to clarify the key players’ intentions and determine the extent to which they are prepared to coordinate or combine their efforts regarding the financing model for a potential pan-European card system. As for the competitive framework in which it should operate, that is a issue that I will have to raise with the banking sectors’ key players.
I would like to thank you, Madam Chair, ladies and gentlemen, for the constructive and diligent support that you have once again expressed for the SEPA project. It is matched by the commitment of the European Commission."@en1
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