# Payment accounts: comparability of fees, account switching and access to accounts with basic features

European Parliament procedure 2013/0139(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee ECON / IMCO / JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 749 committee amendments tabled by 38 Members between 2013-08-29 and 2013-10-14.

## What the amendments focus on

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.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe DE BACKER | Belgium | ALDE | 84 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109337.md |
| Evelyne GEBHARDT | Germany | S&D | 73 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1913.md |
| Sven GIEGOLD | Germany | Verts/ALE | 71 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96730.md |
| Sari ESSAYAH | Finland | PPE | 61 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96682.md |
| Olle LUDVIGSSON | Sweden | S&D | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96673.md |
| Werner LANGEN | Germany | PPE | 57 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1928.md |
| Syed KAMALL | United Kingdom | ECR | 54 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33569.md |
| Alfredo PALLONE | Italy | PPE | 45 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97197.md |
| Fabrizio BERTOT | Italy | PPE | 45 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118709.md |
| Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI | Italy | S&D | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96915.md |
| Jean-Paul GAUZÈS | France | PPE | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28193.md |
| Preslav BORISSOV | Bulgaria | PPE | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/116816.md |
| Sampo TERHO | Finland | ECR | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/107385.md |
| Peter SIMON | Germany | S&D | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96836.md |
| Olle SCHMIDT | Sweden | ALDE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4274.md |

## Official source documents

- PE516.880: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.880+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE516.948: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.948+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE516.959: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.959+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE521.598: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.598+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-0139-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-0139-COD.json

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