Traduction de «programme d'activation de carte » (Français → Anglais) :

Often, all it takes to activate a credit card is a name, address and date of birth.

But when you phone up that credit card company to say you'd like to activate this credit card they so generously sent you in the mail, quite often they'll say that to make sure it's you, they need your date of birth.

Six major aspects of Community cohesion policy are examined below: first, the contribution of structural policies to supporting growth in lagging regions and to strengthening their performance while helping to bring about closer economic and social integration; secondly, the effects of these policies outside of Objective 1 regions; thirdly, the specific role of the European Social Fund (ESF) in promoting employment, education and training; fourthly, the role of structural polices in terms of encouraging cooperation and networking, not least at the local level; fifthly, the methods used to implement the Structural Funds and their cont ...[+++]ribution to modernising the management of government policies; and finally, the achievements of pre-accession support in the new Member States and the first lessons which can be drawn for the 2004-2006 programming period -- Map 4.1).

- a financial device known as the "mechanism for regulating the acquisition function" (MERFA), which operates as follows: a bank that issues CB cards without engaging in the acquisition of CB transactions with regard to retailers or without operating automated teller machines available to holders of CB cards will be charged EUR 11 a year per active CB payment card and EUR 3 a year per active CB cash withdrawal card.

A bank that engages in payment or cash withdrawal business but whose acquisition business is significantly less extensive than its issuing activity (compared to the business concluded by all the banking members of the Group) will be charged an amount varying from EUR 0 to EUR 11 per active CB payment card and between EUR 0 and EUR 3 per active CB cash withdrawal card, depending on the extent of their acquisition business compared to their issuing business.

This is mainly due to the fact that the commercial activities concern products which can be used in a lawful manner and that it is difficult to link the disclosure of codes online with such sales. Lastly, the blank smart card is programmed directly by the consumer and not by the vendor.