The SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) project is a European project that rounds off the changeover to euro banknotes and coins. Its goal is to create a single, European set of euro-denominated payment instruments. With these new European payment instruments, consumers, companies, merchants and public administrations will be able to make payments under the same conditions throughout Europe, as easily as in their country.
What is the SEPA project ?
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The National SEPA Committee has measured the level of the migration to SEPA in France
The National SEPA Committee held a meeting on 17 December 2009 and has measured the level of the migration to SEPA in France. Besides, it continues its work to prepare the launch of the SEPA Direct Debit in France in November 2010, as decided its April meeting. Press release
The SEPA Direct Debit will be available in France from November 2010
On 29th April 2009, The National SEPA Committee decided the date of the launch of the SEPA Direct Debit in
Interviews
Mr. Xavier de Lavit, Treasurer, Leroy-Merlin France
Friday, 19 December 2008
Mr. Gilbert Labbé, Head of EDF Global Treasury and Internal Group Finance
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Jointly chaired by the Banque de France and the French Banking Federation,
the National SEPA Committee co-ordinates the development and roll-out of
the European payment instruments in France.
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SEPA in brief
Payments in the Euro area
Breakdown by country (in 2008)
Payments in France
Breakdown by payment instrument (in 2008)
Source: BCE, blue book