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title: "Article 82 — Scope"
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source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02015L2366-20250117"
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shortTitle: "Article 82 — Scope"
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text_version: "Consolidated version of 17 January 2025"
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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)*

1. <a id="p-1"></a>This Section applies to:

    <a id="p-1-a"></a>**(a)** payment transactions in euro;

    <a id="p-1-b"></a>**(b)** national payment transactions in the currency of the Member State outside the euro area;

    <a id="p-1-c"></a>**(c)** payment transactions involving only one currency conversion between the euro and the currency of a Member State outside the euro area, provided that the required currency conversion is carried out in the Member State outside the euro area concerned and, in the case of cross-border payment transactions, the cross-border transfer takes place in euro.
2. <a id="p-2"></a>This Section applies to payment transactions not referred to in the paragraph 1, unless otherwise agreed between the payment service user and the payment service provider, with the exception of [Article 87](87.md), which is not at the disposal of the parties. However, if the payment service user and the payment service provider agree on a longer period than that set in [Article 83](83.md), for intra-Union payment transactions, that longer period shall not exceed 4 business days following the time of receipt as referred to in [Article 78](78.md).

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[Title IV — Rights and obligations in relation to the provision and use of payment services](../titles/iv.md) · [← Article 81](81.md) · [Article 83 →](83.md)
