Procedure
Payment accounts: comparability of fees, account switching and access to accounts with basic features
2013/0139(COD)·7th term·ECON / IMCO / JURI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·Completed
Summary
This dossier concerns payment accounts, covering comparability of fees, account switching and access to accounts with basic features. The amendments largely confine the switching service to within a single Member State, define the scope as consumer payment accounts (excluding business, savings and credit-card accounts), require standardised fee terminology set by national authorities, and assign roles to the European Banking Authority and regulatory technical standards.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled29 Aug 2013 – 14 Oct 2013
- Procedure completed
749
Amendments
distinct, in window
38
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committees
29 Aug 2013 – 14 Oct 2013
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
38 Members · by amendment count1

























Philippe DE BACKER
ALDE · 🇧🇪 Belgium
84(80 solo)
2
Evelyne GEBHARDT
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
73(46 solo)
3
Sven GIEGOLD
Greens / EFA · 🇩🇪 Germany
71(71 solo)
4
Sari ESSAYAH
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇮 Finland
61(31 solo)
5
Olle LUDVIGSSON
Socialists & Democrats · 🇸🇪 Sweden
58(42 solo)
6
Werner LANGEN
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
57(53 solo)
7
Syed KAMALL
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
54(54 solo)
8
Alfredo PALLONE
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy
45
9
Fabrizio BERTOT
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy
45
10
Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
34(25 solo)
11
Jean-Paul GAUZÈS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
31(31 solo)
12
Preslav BORISSOV
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
31(31 solo)
13
Sampo TERHO
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇫🇮 Finland
30
14
Peter SIMON
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
27(8 solo)
15
Olle SCHMIDT
ALDE · 🇸🇪 Sweden
22(18 solo)
16
Burkhard BALZ
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
16(12 solo)
17
Sylvie GOULARD
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
14(4 solo)
18
Catherine STIHLER
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
14(14 solo)
19
Udo BULLMANN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
13(1 solo)
20
Hans-Peter MARTIN
Non-attached · 🇦🇹 Austria
13(13 solo)
21
Sharon BOWLES
ALDE · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
11(11 solo)
22
Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇨🇿 Czechia
11(11 solo)
23
Jean LAMBERT
Greens / EFA · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10
24
Astrid LULLING
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
9(9 solo)
25
Emilie TURUNEN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇰 Denmark
8
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