Regulation (EU) 2021/12302020/0145(COD)COM(2020)323

Cross-border payments in the Union. Codification

Cross-border payments in the Union (codification)

Stage: In force, reached 30 Jul 2021
In force: In force since 19 Aug 2021 · CELEX 32021R1230
Procedure: Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur: Karen Melchior (Renew)
Lead DG: DG SJ
Last activity: 13 Sept 2021

18 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Plenary sitting, 13 Sept 2021.

Show the earlier record: 7 dates, 17 Jul 2020 to 12 May 2021

17 Jul 2020
- Adoption by Commission
23 Jul 2020
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
1 Sept 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
11 Sept 2020
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on cross-border payments in the Union · Commission
17 Nov 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
8 Dec 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
12 May 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies

23 Jun 2021
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
- Plenary sitting
25 Jun 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
30 Jun 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
2 Jul 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
13 Jul 2021
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
14 Jul 2021
- Signed
30 Jul 2021
- Published in the Official Journal
13 Sept 2021
- Plenary sitting

1 person

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The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Karen Melchior	Renew	DK	JURI

7 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · A9-0202/2021Parliament
Proposal · COM(2020)0323Parliament
OJ C 065 25.02.2021, p. 0004Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 274 30.07.2021, p. 0020Commission
Report · PE693.563Parliament
Text adopted · Regulation 2021/1230Commission
Text adopted · T9-0302/2021Parliament

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.

Consultation	Feedback deadline
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on cross-border payments in the Union	11 Sept 2020

Summary

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Regulation (EU) 2021/1230, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/886, requires payment service providers to charge the same fees for cross-border euro payments as for corresponding national payments, and mandates transparency of currency conversion charges at ATMs and point of sale. It applies to cross-border payments in euro or in notified national currencies, and is in force.

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