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---+1. Please indicate a list of at least 10 and no more than 20 of the most representative services …
---+2. Please add rows to the tables for each of the services included in your list of at least 10 and …
---+3. Please highlight specifically any word or terminology that is standardised in your Member State. …
---+4. Some examples of services that would fall under each of the types are presented in a table below …
---+5. Please note that this list of codes is not exhaustive – it is intended purely to facilitate the …
---+6. One example of a service is pre-filled in for information purposes only. If this service is not …
---+7. Please indicate the relevant channels of delivery for the service in question. Please note that …
---+8. Please note that you are asked to indicate the most common market practices for each service …
---+1. Payment account 2. Name of services 3. Description of the 4. Description of the 5. Description …
---+Examples of services under Type 1 – ‘Account management / maintenance and related services’ ID code
------+1. Payment 2. Name of services 3. Description of the 4. Description of the 5. Description of the 6. …
---+Examples of services under Type 2 – ‘Payment instruments (card and cheque services)’ ID code
------+1. Payment 2. Name of 3. Description 4. Description of the service 5. Description of the most 6. …
------+1. Payment 2. Name of services 3. Description of the 4. Description of the 5. Description of the 6. …
---+Examples of services under Type 4 – ‘International payments and foreign currency-related services’ ID code
------+1. Payment 2. Name of services 3. Description of the 4. Description of the 5. Description of the 6. …

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2.3. Competent authorities should only use other criteria as an exception, for market-specific issues. In doing so, competent authorities should be able to justify the methodology used, supply supporting data and provide the reasoning behind their decisions.

2.4. Competent authorities should consider the service provided as a single service, irrespective of the potential for providers to differentiate costs according to factors such as channels of usage or the identity of the receiving payment service provider.

Guideline 3: Responding with the provisional lists

3.1. Competent authorities should respond to the Commission and to the EBA using the template in the Annex. Competent authorities should send the responses to the following dedicated mailboxes

  •  EC-PAD-IMPLEMENTATION@ec.europa.eu, and
  •  PAD@eba.europa.eu.

Guideline 4: Supporting data and evidence

4.1. Competent authorities should base their decisions on relevant data. Competent authorities may make use of data from a wide range of sources, provided the data is reliable.

4.2. Competent authorities should ensure that they are able to provide supporting data to justify any decision to include or exclude particular services from their list.

Guideline 5: Submission of the provisional lists

5.1. Competent authorities shall submit the provisional list in accordance with Article 3(3) of Directive 2014/92/EU by 18 September 2015. Annex: Template for competent authority’s response

Contact details

Member State: ________________________________ Competent authority: ________________________________

Competent authority’s contact person: Name: ______________________________________ Position: _________________________________________________________________________________________ Email: ______________________________________ Tel. no: ______________________________________ Fax no: ______________________________________

Please describe whether the services or the terminology used have been standardised, and how (legislation, industry initiative etc.):

Instructions for filling in the template

1. Overview

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Summary Regulation
1. Please indicate a list of at least 10 and no more than 20 of the most representative services …

Please indicate a list of at least 10 and no more than 20 of the most representative services linked to a payment account. The template is split into different types of services according to the nature of the services.

2. Please add rows to the tables for each of the services included in your list of at least 10 and …

Please add rows to the tables for each of the services included in your list of at least 10 and no more than 20 of the most representative services linked to a payment account.

3. Please highlight specifically any word or terminology that is standardised in your Member State. …

Please highlight specifically any word or terminology that is standardised in your Member State. Please give the terminology in an English translation and in the official language of your Member State.

4. Some examples of services that would fall under each of the types are presented in a table below …

Some examples of services that would fall under each of the types are presented in a table below the response tables. If the service you are mentioning corresponds to one or more of the examples please indicate the example’s ID code(s) in the column ‘ID Code’. If the service does not correspond to any of the examples, please leave the corresponding ID column empty.

5. Please note that this list of codes is not exhaustive – it is intended purely to facilitate the …

Please note that this list of codes is not exhaustive – it is intended purely to facilitate the comparison of Member States’ responses.

6. One example of a service is pre-filled in for information purposes only. If this service is not …

One example of a service is pre-filled in for information purposes only. If this service is not relevant for your response, please delete it.

7. Please indicate the relevant channels of delivery for the service in question. Please note that …

Please indicate the relevant channels of delivery for the service in question. Please note that there is a column to indicate if services have different prices depending on the channel. For example: the fee charged by a payment service provider (PSP) for making a credit transfer might vary depending on whether the customer initiates the payment online or in branch, or depending on whether the transfer is executed between accounts held with different PSPs or between accounts within one PSP.

8. Please note that you are asked to indicate the most common market practices for each service …

Please note that you are asked to indicate the most common market practices for each service, and are not requested to indicate the amounts of fees.

Explanations for column headers used in the template

Payment account services (English ) – Please provide the name of the service in English.

Name of services in the official language(s) of the Member State – Should there be more than one name, please indicate the name most commonly used in your national jurisdiction. This should include any relevant terms, pursuant to Article 3(1) of the Directive.

Description of the service in the official language(s) of the Member State – Please provide a description of the service. This should include any formal definitions that exist, pursuant to Article 3(1) of the Directive.

Description of the service (English ) – Please provide a description of the service in English.

Description of the most common fees’ structure, the periodicity that is most commonly applied for the service, and if waivers are applied – Where applicable, please take into account the most common fee structure in your country. In this cell, you may describe any additional differentiation of fees that is widespread at a national level, such as when different criteria are used for maintenance fees: total balance of related accounts with the service provider; the account balance; or other services subscribed, to mention but a few. Please note that you are not required to indicate the amounts of fees. This does not need to be an exhaustive description of every structure.

Please indicate if fees are differentiated for different channels – Please use this column and the presented options if t is a common market practice in your Member State for pricing to be differentiated according to the channels of usage. Please provide an explanation if there is a mixture of practices in the national market.

ID code – If this service is included in the examples table below, please indicate the corresponding ID code. Type 1 - Account management / maintenance and related services

1. Payment account 2. Name of services 3. Description of the 4. Description of the 5. Description …
Payment account 2. Name of services 3. Description of the 4. Description of the services (English) in the official service in the official service (English) language (s) of the language(s) of the Member State Member State5. Description of the most common fees’ structure, the periodicity that is most commonly applied for the service, and if waivers are applied6. fees for Fees channel If yes, ___________ Fees channel If yes, ___________Please indicate if 7. ID are differentiated code different channels differentiated by of usage? no yes which channels: branch internet mobile other: differentiated by of usage? no yes which channels: branch internet mobile other:
Examples of services under Type 1 – ‘Account management / maintenance and related services’ ID code

Regular fee for maintenance of the payment account. 1 If this fee tends to allow consumers to access other services (without any cost), please indicate the codes for the various services that are most commonly covered by this maintenance fee in your market (e.g. ID code 4 if a debit card is provided), as would be disclosed pursuant to Article 3(3) of Directive 2014/92/EU. Regular fee related to the level or method of service provision (e.g. fee for online or telephone banking) 2 Other ancillary services such as provision of copy statements, balance enquiries 3 Type 2 – Payment instruments (card and cheque services)

Examples of services under Type 2 – ‘Payment instruments (card and cheque services)’ ID code

Issuing or maintaining a debit card 4 Issuing or maintaining a credit card, including a deferred debit card 5 Cash withdrawals 4 6

Placing of fiduciary currency (banknotes and coins) 7 Use of debit card for payments abroad 8 Use of debit card for foreign ATM withdrawals 9 Use of credit card for payments abroad 10 Use of credit card for foreign ATM withdrawals 11 Provision of a cheque book 12 Type 3 – Domestic payment services5


5 Initiated and completed within the Member State. 6 For credit transfers, please indicate in Column 5 if there is a differentiation of fees charged according to the identity of the receiving payment service provider. 7 Credit transfers pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012.

Examples of services under Type 4 – ‘International payments and foreign currency-related services’ ID code

Credit transfers –SEPA 13 Credit transfers – non-SEPA 14 Receipt of international electronic funds transfers 19 Currency exchange services 20 Foreign currency travellers cheques 21 Type 5 – Overdraft and overrunning services

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Standards

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3. Related Standards

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