Translation of "Frais d'absence non motivée " (French → English) :

The Advocate General observes, in addition, that the criterion adopted by Germany (namely, where the sole reason for entering German territory is to seek employment or obtain social assistance) is capable of demonstrating the absence of a genuine link with the territory of the host Member State and a failure to integrate that State.

Additional costs, no common security policy, insufficient staff training, a lack of appropriate information and other gaps in the application of the existing rules result in practical discrimination, she said.

With regard to the invoices for accommodation expenses, he noted the absence of documents demonstrating the existence of contractual obligations, on the basis of which the amount of EUR 63 308.64 had allegedly been paid, and indicated moreover that most of those invoices had been made out not to the EH/B but to another person.

This problem is addressed in the Payment Services Directive, which stipulates that a customer may be charged for rejection of the transfer by his bank (no intermediary or beneficiary bank charges) only if he previously agreed to pay for such charges (when the contract was signed or modified) and only for objectively justified reasons, in line with the bank's real costs.[10]

Among the Commission's main doubts are: the lack of economies of scale in Mioveni, the convergence rate of wages in Romania with respect to Spain, the figures regarding outward transport costs, and potential redundancy costs in Valladolid if the project did not go ahead in Spain.

The Directive's main provisions provide for: - transparency: customer information, both beforehand on the conditions applying to cross-border transfers, and subsequently on the execution and receipt of a transfer; - periods of time (if there is no agreement between the bank and the customer) within which the establishment making the transfer and the beneficiary's establishment are bound to make the payment (5 days and 1 day respectively); - obligation to execute the transfer in accordance with the instructions in the payment order, particularly as regards the allocation of costs; - obligation, in the event of non-execution of transfer ...[+++]s, to refund the full amount plus interest and charges.