P7_TA(2014)0356 Payment accounts ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 April 2014 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features (COM(2013)0266 — C7-0125/2013 — 2013/0139(COD)) P7_TC1-COD(2013)0139 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2014/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features
Date: 2014-04-15
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: account, bank charges, banking system, consumer information, financial services, intra-EU payment, single market








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22.12.2017   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 443/204





P7_TA(2014)0356
Payment accounts ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 April 2014 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features (COM(2013)0266 — C7-0125/2013 — 2013/0139(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2017/C 443/37)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0266),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0125/2013),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank of 19 November 2013 (1),










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 18 September 2013 (2),










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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 4 April 2014 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0398/2013),












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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out (3);












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;












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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 51, 22.2.2014, p. 3.

(2)  OJ C 341, 22.11.2013, p. 40.

(3)  This position replaces the amendments adopted on 12 December 2013 (Texts adopted P7_TA(2013)0587).


P7_TC1-COD(2013)0139
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2014/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2014/92/EU.)