# Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 on information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds (Text with EEA relevance), Article 4: Complete information on the payer

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Complete information on the payer shall consist of his name, address and account number.
2. The address may be substituted with the date and place of birth of the payer, his customer identification number or national identity number.
3. Where the payer does not have an account number, the payment service provider of the payer shall substitute it by a unique identifier which allows the transaction to be traced back to the payer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1781/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1781/article-4
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