120. Urges the Russian judicial authorities to press ahead with the investigation of the death on 16 November 2009 of Russian lawyer Sergey Magnitsky; deplores that this case is still an outstanding example of the serious shortcomings within the country's judicial system; regrets the situation that, while human rights defenders are often subject to a harsh treatment and trials that ignore the Russian Federation's Code of Criminal Procedure (such as its Article 72 in the case against Oleg Orlov of Memorial for slander), those guilty of aggressions against and even murder of human rights defenders, independent journalists and lawyers sti ...[+++]ll too often enjoy impunity; calls on the Council, in the absence of positive moves from the Russian authorities to cooperate and investigate the case of Sergey Magnitsky, to insist that the Russian authorities bring those responsible to justice and to consider imposing an EU entry ban for Russian officials involved in this case, and encourages EU law enforcement agencies to cooperate in freezing bank accounts and other assets of these Russian officials in all EU Member States;

European banking organisations grouping the European Banking Federation (FBE), the European Savings Bank Group (ESBG), the European Association of Cooperative Banks and the European Association of Public Banks (EAPB) have set up a group of experts to draw up a consolidated electronic list meeting the banks' needs.

[108] Organisations such as national enforcement authorities, national consumer organisations and ombudsmen, as well as a selection of academics and EU-level stakeholders such as the European Banking Federation (EBF), the European insurance and reinsurance federation (CEA), and the European Consumers’ Organisation (BEUC).

- European Federation of National Insurance Associations (CEA)

I should just like to make one comment on electronic payment: the Commission has tried to ensure that for the purposes of the changeover to the euro, European banking federations and associations move ahead with reducing charges for electronic payment.

6. Supports the view that the Basel rules carried into effect in the EU should apply to a broad range of banks and investment firms where this is appropriate in terms of the risk profile of the institution, in order to ensure a uniform standard of supervision and fair competition; regrets that the US authorities" plans to apply the most progressive aspects of the Basel agreements only to an extremely limited number of banks, and to exclude certain classes of investment firms altogether, make no contribution to achieving internationally comparable standards of supervision and unilaterally impose a cost burden on EU banks; calls, therefore, for an appropriate cost-benefit relationship to be taken into account when drawing up system requirem ...[+++]ents, so as to avoid any competitive disadvantages for the European economy; calls on the Commission to work closely with supervisory authorities of third countries, in particular with the US Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission, to ensure a coordinated approach to implementation in the interest of maintaining a level playing field;