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AI Summary of Article 78 Receipt of payment orders

Version status: Entered into force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 12 January 2016 - onwards
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Article 78 Receipt of payment orders

1. Member States shall ensure that the time of receipt is when the payment order is received by the payer's payment service provider.

The payer's account shall not be debited before receipt of the payment order. If the time of receipt is not on a business day for the payer's payment service provider, the payment order shall be deemed to have been received on the following business day. The payment service provider may establish a cut-off time near the end of a business day beyond which any payment order received shall be deemed to have been received on the following business day.