In a message of Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:04:39 BST, Andy Robinson writes:
>2009/8/24 Paul Boddie <p...@boddie.org.uk>:
>> How is this compatible with the whole single payment zone thing?
>
>It's not. You don't expect rules to be consistent, do you? ;-)
>
>The Euro directive in question was about Euro transfers (directive
>2560/2001) between Euro countries.  We are not bound by it until we
>switch to the Euro, so others can now send us Euros for free, but our
>banks can still overcharge for sending money out.  The Swedes opted in
>to the Euro system, but they are unusually sensible among nations...
>
>- Andy

No, we aren't in the Euro system; we voted that down.  But we are
in the shared banking system.

Laura
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