Bank accounts

Legislative proposal

08.05.2013

Proposal for a directive on the transparency and comparability of payment account fees, payment account switching and access to a basic payment account

• Video of the press conference
• Press release
• Frequently asked questions
• Fact sheets:
  • Comparability of payment account fees  
  • Payment account switching  
  • Access to payment accounts  
• Text of the proposal   – provisional version
• Impact Assessment:
  • Summary(121 KB)  
  • Full text(2 MB)  

Consultations on Bank accounts

25.07.2012

• Consultation on Bank accounts
• Midday Express: MEX/12/0320

27.03.2012

• Consultation on bank accounts for Erasmus/exchange students

Recommendation and follow-up

22.8.2012

National measures and practices as regards access to basic payment account   (SWD(2012)249) – Member States’ follow-up to the Recommendation

18.7.2011

Commission adoption of a Recommendation on access to a basic payment account (2011/442/EU)

• Impact Assessment  , SEC(2011)906
  Annexes to the Impact Assessment  , SEC(2011)906
  Summary of Impact Assessment  , SEC(2011)907
• Opinion of the Impact Assessment Board  , SEC(2011)908
• Press release (IP/11/897)
• Frequently asked questions (MEMO/11/514)
• Citizens’ summary  

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