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Article 19 - Amendments to Directive 2005/60/EC

Article 19
Amendments to Directive 2005/60/EC

Directive 2005/60/EC is hereby amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 3(2), point (a) is replaced by the following:

(a)

an undertaking, other than a credit institution, which carries out one or more of the operations included in points 2 to 12 and points 14 and 15 of Annex I to Directive 2006/48/EC, including the activities of currency exchange offices (bureaux de change);’

(2)

in Article 11(5), point (d) is replaced by the following:

(d)

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 (^{1}) where, if it is not possible to recharge, the maximum amount stored electronically in the device is no more than EUR 250, or where, if it is possible to recharge, a limit of EUR 2 500 is imposed on the total amount transacted in a calendar year, except when an amount of EUR 1 000 or more is redeemed in that same calendar year upon the electronic money holder’s request in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 2009/110/EC. As regards national payment transactions, Member States or their competent authorities may increase the amount of EUR 250 referred to in this point to a ceiling of EUR 500.

  1. 1 ( *1 ) OJ L 267, 10.10.2009, p 7 ’. ↩
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