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title: "Article 46 — Information for the payer and payee after the initiation of a payment order"
type: regulation
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source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02015L2366-20250117"
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shortTitle: "Article 46 — Information for the payer and payee after the initiation of a payment order"
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*In force · Consolidated version of 17 January 2025 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02015L2366-20250117)*

In addition to the information and conditions specified in [Article 45](45.md), where a payment order is initiated through a payment initiation service provider, the payment initiation service provider shall, immediately after initiation, provide or make available all of the following data to the payer and, where applicable, the payee:

<a id="p-a"></a>**(a)** confirmation of the successful initiation of the payment order with the payer’s account servicing payment service provider;

<a id="p-b"></a>**(b)** a reference enabling the payer and the payee to identify the payment transaction and, where appropriate, the payee to identify the payer, and any information transferred with the payment transaction;

<a id="p-c"></a>**(c)** the amount of the payment transaction;

<a id="p-d"></a>**(d)** where applicable, the amount of any charges payable to the payment initiation service provider for the transaction, and where applicable a breakdown of the amounts of such charges.

## Related Level 2 and Level 3

### Guidance and Q&A

- [EBA Q&A 2019_4601 — Q&A — ASPSP providing updated payment status to PISP \[Final Q&A\]](../level-3/q-and-a/eba/eba-qa-2019-4601-aspsp-providing-updated-payment-status-to-pisp.md)

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[Title III — Transparency of conditions and information requirements for payment services](../titles/iii.md) · [← Article 45](45.md) · [Article 47 →](47.md)
