credit servicing activities

Definitions over time (1)

28/12/2021 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 3, Directive (EU) 2021/2167 Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

‘credit servicing activities’ means one or more of the following activities: collecting or recovering from the borrower, in accordance with national law, any payments due related to a creditor’s rights under a credit agreement or to the credit agreement itself; renegotiating with the borrower, in accordance with national law, any terms and conditions related to a creditor’s rights under a credit agreement, or of the credit agreement itself, in line with the instructions given by the credit purchaser, where the credit servicer is not a credit intermediary as defined in Article 3, point (f), of Directive 2008/48/EC or in Article 4, point (5), of Directive 2014/17/EU; administering any complaints relating to a creditor’s rights under a credit agreement or to the credit agreement itself; informing the borrower of any changes in interest rates or charges or of any payments due related to a creditor’s rights under a credit agreement or to the credit agreement itself;