2009/4/4, Hannah Schroeter <han...@schlund.de>: > But IIRC it can be expensive between the UK and the Euro zone because > the UK doesn't have the Euro. I've understood the rules in the way that > the regulations apply only to transfers between countries that are both > in the EU *and* that have the Euro. I.e. not for the Vatican, or for the > UK.
No, they apply to the EU. Transfers to the UK in should cost only the currency conversion; same for outgoing transfers in . See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro#Payments_clearing.2C_electronic_funds_trans fer http://www.euro.gov.uk/crossborder.asp Best Martin