# Access to basic banking services

European Parliament procedure 2012/2055(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee ECON / IMCO). Stage: Procedure completed. 318 committee amendments tabled by 20 Members between 2012-03-30 and 2012-04-11.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns access to basic banking services. The amendments treat a basic bank or payment account as a precondition for participating in the internal market and for social inclusion in employment, healthcare and housing, address financially excluded and unbanked consumers and payment service providers, cite legislative approaches in Belgium, Denmark, France and Finland, and require anti-money-laundering customer due diligence.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivo STREJČEK | Czechia | ECR | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28320.md |
| Philippe DE BACKER | Belgium | ALDE | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109337.md |
| Olle LUDVIGSSON | Sweden | S&D | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96673.md |
| Olle SCHMIDT | Sweden | ALDE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4274.md |
| Emilie TURUNEN | Denmark | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96703.md |
| Burkhard BALZ | Germany | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96997.md |
| Jürgen KLUTE | Germany | GUE/NGL | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96769.md |
| Evelyne GEBHARDT | Germany | S&D | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1913.md |
| Hans-Peter MAYER | Germany | PPE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4275.md |
| Liem HOANG NGOC | France | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96950.md |
| Gay MITCHELL | Ireland | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28112.md |
| Peter SIMON | Germany | S&D | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96836.md |
| Wolf KLINZ | Germany | ALDE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28244.md |
| Ashley FOX | United Kingdom | ECR | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96957.md |
| Anna HEDH | Sweden | S&D | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28131.md |

## Official source documents

- PE486.164: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-486.164+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE487.690: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-487.690+03+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-2055-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-2055-INI.json

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