# Interchange fees for card-based payment transactions

European Parliament procedure 2013/0265(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee ECON / IMCO). Stage: Procedure completed. 363 committee amendments tabled by 37 Members between 2013-12-12 and 2014-01-28.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns interchange fees for card-based payment transactions. The amendments revise recitals and provisions on interchange fees between card-acquiring and card-issuing payment service providers, caps on debit and credit card transactions, cross-border and domestic acquiring, transition periods, the Merchant Indifference Test, three- and four-party card schemes, and merchant fees; some amendments call to reject or withdraw the Commission proposal on subsidiarity grounds.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sari ESSAYAH | Finland | PPE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96682.md |
| Ashley FOX | United Kingdom | ECR | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96957.md |
| Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA | Spain | PPE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96808.md |
| Jürgen KLUTE | Germany | GUE/NGL | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96769.md |
| Jean-Paul GAUZÈS | France | PPE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28193.md |
| Bas EICKHOUT | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96725.md |
| Matteo SALVINI | Italy | ENF | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28404.md |
| Marianne THYSSEN | Belgium | PPE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1832.md |
| Sławomir NITRAS | Poland | PPE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96794.md |
| Sylvie GOULARD | France | ALDE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97137.md |
| Preslav BORISSOV | Bulgaria | PPE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/116816.md |
| Burkhard BALZ | Germany | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96997.md |
| Werner LANGEN | Germany | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1928.md |
| Alfredo PALLONE | Italy | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97197.md |
| Adam BIELAN | Poland | ECR | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23788.md |

## Official source documents

- PE524.782: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-524.782+04+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE526.051: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.051+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-0265-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-0265-COD.json

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