# Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject matter and scope

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

1. This Regulation lays down rules for credit transfer and direct debit transactions denominated in euro within the qualifying area, where—
(a) the payer's payment service provider and the payee's payment service provider are both located in the United Kingdom,
(b) either of those payment service providers is located in the United Kingdom and the other is located in another qualifying State, or
(c) the sole payment service provider (PSP) involved in the payment transaction is located in the United Kingdom.
2. This Regulation does not apply to the following:
(a) payment transactions carried out between and within PSPs, including their agents or branches, for their own account;
(b) payment transactions processed and settled through large-value payment systems, excluding direct debit payment transactions which the payer has not explicitly requested be routed via a large-value payment system;
(c) payment transactions through a payment card or similar device, including cash withdrawals, unless the payment card or similar device is used only to generate the information required to directly make a credit transfer or direct debit to and from a payment account identified by BBAN or IBAN;
(d) payment transactions by means of any telecommunication, digital or IT device, if such payment transactions do not result in a credit transfer or direct debit to and from a payment account identified by BBAN or IBAN;
(e) transactions of money remittance as defined in point (13) of Article 4 of Directive 2007/64/EC;
(f) payment transactions transferring electronic money as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions, unless such transactions result in a credit transfer or direct debit to and from a payment account identified by BBAN or IBAN.
3. Where payment schemes are based on payment transactions by credit transfers or direct debits but have additional optional features or services, this Regulation applies only to the underlying credit transfers or direct debits.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/260/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-260/article-1
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