Acta literal de los debates

Martes 15 de abril de 2014 - Estrasburgo

8.16. Cuentas de pago (A7-0398/2013 - Jürgen Klute) (votación)

- Dopo la votazione:

  Neven Mimica, Member of the Commission. - Madam President, on the Klute report on payment accounts, the Commission statement will be transmitted to Parliament’s services in writing and attached to the minutes of this plenary sitting for your consideration.

I would also like to use this occasion to draw your attention to the fact that several declarations on behalf of the Commission were also made with regard to the agreements reached between the co-legislators on the following legislative files: the Baldassarre report on the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups; the Ferber report on markets in financial instruments; the Riquet report on marine equipment; and the Roithová report on pressure equipment.

  Statement by the Commission On the recourse to EBA regulatory technical standards for the adoption of the EU standardised terminology:

‘The Commission considers that the recourse to EBA regulatory technical standards for the adoption of the EU standardised terminology is inconsistent with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (OJ L 331/12 of 15.12.2010) since determining the list of the most representative services at EU level, together with corresponding common terms and definitions, cannot be regarded as a purely technical matter but entails strategic decisions or policy choices.’

On the transposition of the provisions on access to a payment account with basic features:

‘The Commission considers that the reference to a “binding” framework in Article 16(10) of the Directive should be interpreted in compliance with the Court’s case-law on the transposition of directives in the legal order of Member States, according to which the provisions of directives must be implemented with unquestionable binding force.’

On the longer implementation period for Member States where the equivalents of a fee information document and statement of fees already exist at national level:

‘The Commission considers that the introduction of a longer implementation period for Member States to adopt the common format and symbol of the fee information document and statement of fees where the equivalents of these documents already exist at national level, introduces an unjustified difference in the treatment between Member States. The Commission also notes that the Directive does not contain any explanation on the objective reasons identified for such a difference in treatment.’