The text adopted by the Council does not cover unfair advertising or comparative advertising, as the Commission had proposed; in January 1987 the Commission proposed to allow (with the cooperation of banks) all payment cards to be used interchangeably throughout the EC.
Nel gennaio 1987 la Commissione ha proposto di rendere possibile (con la cooperazione delle banche) l'uso intercambiabile di tutte le carte di credito nell'intera CE.