Article 35 — Access to payment systems — compare
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2.Paragraph 1 shall not apply to: payment systems composed exclusively of payment service providers belonging to a group.
For the purposes of point (a) of the first subparagraph, Member States shall ensure that where a participant in a designated system allows an authorised or registered payment service provider that is not a participant in the system to pass transfer orders through the system that participant shall, when requested, give the same opportunity in an objective, proportionate and non-discriminatory manner to other authorised or registered payment service providers in line with paragraph 1.
The participant shall provide the requesting payment service provider with full reasons for any rejection.
3.Member States shall ensure that where a participant in a payment system designated under Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council allows an authorised or registered payment service provider that is not a participant in the system to pass transfer orders through the system that participant shall, when requested, give the same opportunity in an objective, proportionate and non-discriminatory manner to other authorised or registered payment service providers in line with paragraph 1 of this Article.
The participant shall provide the requesting payment service provider with full reasons for any rejection.