AI Summary of Article 63 Derogation for low value payment instruments and electronic money
For payment instruments that under the framework contract solely concern individual transactions not exceeding EUR 30, or that have either a spending limit of EUR 150 or store funds not exceeding EUR 150 at any time, payment service providers may agree with users specified derogations: (a) Article 69(1)(b), Articles 70(1)(c) and (d) and Article 74(3) need not apply if the instrument cannot be blocked or its further use prevented; (b) Articles 72 and 73 and Article 74(1) and (3) need not apply where the instrument is used anonymously or the provider cannot, for intrinsic reasons of the instrument, prove that a transaction was authorised; (c) by derogation from Article 79(1) no notification of refusal is required if non‑execution is apparent from the context; (d) by derogation from Article 80 the payer may not revoke the order after transmission or after giving consent to the payee; (e) by derogation from Articles 83 and 84 alternative execution periods may apply.
For national payment transactions Member States or their competent authorities may reduce or double the amounts in paragraph 1 and may increase them for prepaid payment instruments up to EUR 500. Articles 73 and 74 apply also to electronic money as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/110/EC, except where the payer's payment service provider does not have the ability to freeze the payment account on which the electronic money is stored or to block the payment instrument; Member States may limit that derogation to payment accounts on which the electronic money is stored or to payment instruments of a certain value.
Article 63 Derogation for low value payment instruments and electronic money
1. In the case of payment instruments which, according to the framework contract, solely concern individual payment transactions not exceeding EUR 30 or which either have a spending limit of EUR 150, or store funds which do not exceed EUR 150 at any time, payment service providers may agree with their payment service users that:
(a) point (b) of Article 69(1), points (c) and (d) of Article 70(1), and Article 74(3) do not apply if the payment instrument does not allow its blocking or prevention of its further use;
(b) Articles 72 and 73, and Article 74(1) and (3), do not apply if the payment instrument is used anonymously or the payment service provider is not in a position for other reasons which are intrinsic to the payment instrument to prove that a payment transaction was authorised;