# Article 14 — Recurring transactions **Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389 · binding · OJ L 69, 13.3.2018 · dated 27 Nov 2017 [in force]** *In force · Consolidated version of 12 September 2023 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02018R0389-20230912)* 1. Payment service providers shall apply strong customer authentication when a payer creates, amends, or initiates for the first time, a series of recurring transactions with the same amount and with the same payee. 2. Payment service providers shall be allowed not to apply strong customer authentication, subject to compliance with the general authentication requirements, for the initiation of all subsequent payment transactions included in the series of payment transactions referred to in paragraph 1.