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The Commission is examining the ticket sale arrangements for the 2006 World Cup under EU competition rules following a recent complaint filed by the UK consumer organisation ‘Which?’ against FIFA, the German Football Federation and MasterCard, but I am sure this information has also arrived on the honourable Member’s desk.
During the first four sales periods, consumers who do not have a German bank account can pay for tickets by using MasterCard products or by making an international bank transfer. The issue of MasterCard exclusivity and bank transfer fees for making international bank transfers raised by the honourable Member are also part of the complaint that the Commission is currently examining with the required urgency.
First all the relevant facts need to be established and examined under the relevant EU competition provisions before the Commission can take a position. If, at the end of the examination, the Commission were to conclude that there was an infringement, the Commission could take appropriate action, for instance ordering the arrangements to be stopped, and fine the company or companies that have breached EU competition law.
As regards Regulation (EC) No 2560/2001 on cross-border payments in euro, it establishes that cross-border transfers in euro up to the amount of EUR 12 500 until 31 December 2005 shall be at the same price as national transfers in euro. For countries outside the eurozone, this price can be very high: a transfer in euro in the UK currently costs more than EUR 20. The Commission regrets that on 14 March 2005 FIFA issued a press release which gave an incorrect interpretation of this regulation."@en1
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