Public authorities

Public authorities' support	Rights and obligations	Benefits
SEPA payment instruments	Standards	e-SEPA

Public authorities

In the SEPA project, public authorities play the most significant role in supporting the project, because execution of their payments as the SEPA payments – SEPA credit transfers, SEPA card payments, SEPA direct debit and using e-SEPA services – results in the provision of a significant part of Latvia's entire payment services.

The elaborated SEPA payment standards support e-government and e-procurement practice initiatives in Europe.

In the migration process all involved stakeholders are invited to perform the SEPA compliance self-assessment.

The European Payments Council brochures for public authorities

06.04.2009
The following brochure has been published: "The 10 best reasons to practice SEPA" in which the European Payments Council informs about the expected benefits the SEPA will bring to society and encourages public authorities to commence the implementation of the SEPA and to be the driver of the SEPA project by setting an example to other stakeholders.

22.01.2009
The following informative brochure for public sector has been publishedin in which the European Payments Council informs about the SEPA advantages and anticipated benefits etc. Since 19 April 2010 the brochure is also available in Latvian.