Merchants need reasonable exemptions from the mandatory acceptance of cash

Most merchants continue offering consumers to pay with cash, despite a consistent decrease in the use of cash for everyday transactions. As a group of European organisations representing the interests of millions of merchants across Europe in key sectors of the economy, we support a balanced Regulation (2023/0208(COD)) that safeguards the acceptance of cash while ensuring that any obligation remains proportionate, operationally feasible and with reasonable exemptions.