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BackUnfortunately, it has to be said from the point of view of Austrian consumer protection that the Commission has only provided for insignificant improvements and amendments. For example, the proposed expansion of the scope to so-called “one-leg transactions” and the application of Title III on payment services within the EU - independent of the currency - are of course to be welcomed.
The Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (AK) also welcomes the regulation of interbank charges for debit and credit cards. <br /><br />However, the intention is also to introduce a number of serious changes for the worse, which directly affect consumers and which make payments more expensive resp. less trust-worthy, in particular by changing resp. cancelling electoral rights of Member States, provided for by Directive 2007/64/EC.
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