Translation of "Téléphone Internet " (French → English) :

10. Expresses concern at any unduly tight regulation of internet and mobile payment markets at this stage because such payment methods are still in the process of development; considers that any regulatory initiative in this field runs the risk of giving undue emphasis to already existing payment instruments, and may thus deter innovation and distort the market before it has been developed; asks the Commission to adopt an appropriate approach to any future internet and mobile payment methods in a future proposal, ensuring a high level consumer protection, especially for vulnerable consumers;

6. Is therefore of the opinion that all national card, mobile and internet payment schemes should join or turn themselves into a pan-European SEPA-compliant scheme, so that all card, mobile and internet payments would be accepted everywhere in the SEPA, and that a necessary period should be suggested by the Commission for this transition;

10. Expresses concern at any unduly tight regulation of internet and mobile payment markets at this stage because such payment methods are still in the process of development; considers that any regulatory initiative in this field runs the risk of giving undue emphasis to already existing payment instruments, and may thus deter innovation and distort the market before it has been developed; asks the Commission to adopt an appropriate approach to any future internet and mobile payment methods in a future proposal, ensuring a high level consumer protection, especially for vulnerable consumers;

6. Is therefore of the opinion that all national card, mobile and internet payment schemes should join or turn themselves into a pan-European SEPA-compliant scheme, so that all card, mobile and internet payments would be accepted everywhere in the SEPA, and that a necessary period should be suggested by the Commission for this transition;

13. Notes that the European market for cards, internet and mobile payments is fragmented both across and within national borders; takes the view that standardisation should not be limited to the definition of security standards but should include measures necessary to ensure a more open, transparent, innovative, competitive and unfragmented electronic payments market that brings advantages to all consumers (for example with regard to interoperability or, in m-payments, portability); considers that, to reach this target, the tool of co-badging for payments cards, to be provided by the bank to the cardholder upon request, should be taken ...[+++] into consideration (in that case the choice of PSPs available on the card and of priority between them should be up to the consumer) and that the remaining obstacles to crossborder acquiring should be eliminated;

The key aim of this regulation is to boost competition in the market for mobile phone users who use their phone for calls, text messages or Internet access when travelling abroad in the EU. This is called ‘roaming’.