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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-355/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/355",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 16 May 2006 setting up an expert group on customer mobility in relation to bank accounts (2006/355/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-355",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Task",
  "text": "The group's task is to:\nIdentify any legal, regulatory, administrative and other obstacles to customer mobility in relation to bank accounts. In particular, the group should identify any obstacles to open a bank account cross-border as well as to switch banks both at domestic and cross-border level (e.g. cost of opening, maintaining and closing a bank account, direct switching costs etc.).\nProvide advice to the Commission on how the identified obstacles should be addressed.\nConsider the merits of designing an EU optional standard bank account.\nIssue a report containing its findings and advice.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/355/article/2",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}