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Defined in Article 4, Payment Services Directive (PSD2)

Definitions over time (2)

1. 08/04/2024 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 4, Payment Services Directive (PSD2) Scope: Whole act

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

   ‘branch’ means a place of business other than the head office which is a part of a payment institution, which has no legal personality and which carries out directly some or all of the transactions inherent in the business of a payment institution; all of the places of business set up in the same Member State by a payment institution with a head office in another Member State shall be regarded as a single branch;

2. 23/12/2015 – 12/01/2016 Article 4, Payment Services Directive (PSD2) Scope: Whole act

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

   ‘branch’ means a place of business other than the head office which is a part of a payment institution, which has no legal personality and which carries out directly some or all of the transactions inherent in the business of a payment institution; all of the places of business set up in the same Member State by a payment institution with a head office in another Member State shall be regarded as a single branch;

Used in (38 places in 18 provisions on 12/11/2026)

Payment Services Directive (PSD2) (38 in 18)

Article 1⁶ · Article 3 · Article 4³ · Article 5 · Article 14² · Article 19² · Article 20 · Article 23 · Article 28⁸ · Article 29⁵ · Article 30 · Article 35a · Article 45 · Article 52 · Article 74 · Article 100 · Article 101 · Article 106