Payment Services Directive (PSD2)
Table of Contents
Chapter I – SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter II – PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS
Chapter III – TRANSPARENCY OF CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT SERVICES
Chapter IV – RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RELATION TO THE PROVISION AND USE OF PAYMENT SERVICES
Chapter V – DELEGATED ACTS AND REGULATORY TECHNICAL STANDARDS
Chapter VI – FINAL PROVISIONS
Recitals (113)
Annexes
Recital 19
(19) Service providers seeking to benefit from an exclusion from the scope of Payment Services Directive (PSD1) — repealed often have not consulted authorities on whether their activities are covered by, or excluded from, that Directive, but have relied on their own assessments. This has led to a differing application of certain exclusions across Member States. It also appears that some exclusions may have been used by payment service providers to redesign business models so that the payment activities offered would be outside the scope of that Directive. This may result in increased risks for payment service users and diverging conditions for payment service providers in the internal market. Service providers should therefore be obliged to notify relevant activities to competent authorities so that the competent authorities can assess whether the requirements set out in the relevant provisions are fulfilled and to ensure a homogenous interpretation of the rules throughout the internal market. In particular, for all exclusions based on the respect of a threshold, a notification procedure should be provided in order to ensure compliance with the specific requirements.