Traduction de «magnetic stripe » (Anglais → Français) :

- when there is no magnetic stripe, the free area is 20 mm high instead of 10 mm.

It is symmetrically located along the "h" vertical axis and centred in the area between the magnetic stripe and the data field areas.

If there is neither a microprocessor nor a magnetic stripe, the front side of the card will be the side on which the information outlined in this document is presented.

For those un-banked benefit recipients who do not even want a basic bank account available through post offices and prefer to have recourse to the old system of cash payments at the post offices, a new simplified Post Office Card account (POCA) will be offered with the only apparent difference that a magnetic stripe card will replace the previous paper-based passbooks and giro-cheques.

Apart from credit transfers, electronic means of payment embrace a variety of instruments, including those involving a plastic card and a magnetic stripe and/or a micro-processor chip.

To this end, the Commission plans to cooperate with banking institutions, organizations and authorities in order: - to promote consistency in the application of existing standards for magnetic-stripe cards; - determine the procedures for hybrid cards (magnetic stripe + microchip) as well as prepare the coexistance of types and for systematic access to cash dispensers for all types; - in conjunction with the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), determine the procedures for interconnecting networks, and - examine the problems arising from (a) the use of the ECU and (b) charges for services supplied ...[+++].