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\"https://www.eba.europa.eu/single-rule-book-qa/qna/view/publicId/2018_4242\"\ncheck_status: matched\nverified: true\nlast_checked: 2026-10-26\nchecked_against: \"the EBA publication\"\nsource:\n  prepared_by: \"EBA\"\n  published_by: \"EBA\"\n  published_in: \"EBA Single Rulebook Q&A tool\"\n  evidence:\n    prepared_by: \"Answer prepared by the EBA.\"\n    locator: \"EBA Q&A register entry 2018_4242, field 'Answer prepared by'\"\ndocument_type: \"qa_answer\"\nlegal_nature: \"not_legislation\"\naddressees: \"not stated in the document\"\ndates:\n  published_on: \"2019-10-11\"\n  question_submitted_on: \"2018-09-06\"\n  locators:\n    published_on: \"EBA Q&A register entry 2018_4242, field 'Final publishing date'\"\n    question_submitted_on: \"EBA Q&A register entry 2018_4242, field 'Submission date'\"\nlifecycle_label: \"Final Q&A\"\n---\n\n**Answer by the EBA, published in its Q&A tool · not legislation · published 11 Oct 2019 [Final Q&A]**\n\n*Final Q&A · EBA Q&A register, 11 October 2019 · Checked against the EBA publication on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://www.eba.europa.eu/single-rule-book-qa/qna/view/publicId/2018_4242)*\n\n| | |\n|---|---|\n| **Full title** | EBA Q&A 2018_4242 — Q&A — Applicability of exemption under RTS Article 16 \\[Final Q&A\\] |\n| **Prepared by** | EBA |\n| **Published by** | EBA, in the EBA Single Rulebook Q&A tool |\n| **Reference** | EBA_QA_2018_4242 |\n| **Document type** | Q&A |\n| **Legal nature** | Not legislation |\n| **Addressees** | Not stated in the document |\n| **Dates** | Published 11 October 2019; question submitted 6 September 2018 |\n| **Legal basis** | Article 98(1) PSD2 |\n| **Related instruments** | None recorded |\n| **Text on this page** | Word for word — the full text of the EBA publication |\n\n**Applicability of exemption under RTS Article 16 for payee’s PSPs (acquirers)**\n\n### Question\n\nCan an exemption under Article 16 of the RTS on strong customer authentication and secure communication be applied by the payee’s payment service provider (PSP) (the acquirer) for card-based payments?\n\n### Background\n\nThis question relates to what we think is a mistake made by EBA in its opinion EBA-Op-2018-04, in which it states that exemption under Article 16 for card-based payments is applicable for both the payer’s PSP (issuer) and the payee’s PSP (acquirer).\n\nIn its opinion EBA-Op-2018-04, the EBA provides in Table 2 an overview of whether or the payer’s PSP (issuer) and the payee’s PSP (acquirer) can decide on each of the exemptions set out under Articles 10 to 18.\n\nWith regard to Article 16, low value remote payments, the table says the exemption is applicable for both the payer’s PSP (the issuer) and the payee’s PSP (the acquirer) for a card-based payment. We think this is wrong and that the decision on the use of this exemption is always by the issuer, and never applicable for the acquirer.\n\nAlthough the EBA explains in a footnote to the table that the issuer always has the final say, it is still important from a liability perspective (Article 74.2 of the PSD2) to ascertain which PSP that have made use of the exemption and is therefore liable in case of fraud.\n\n***\n\n### Answer\n\nYes, as clarified in the EBA Opinion on the implementation of the regulatory technical standards on strong customer authentication (SCA) and common and secure communication, EBA-Op-2018-04, the exemption under Article 16 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389 for remote card-based payment transactions is applicable for both the payee’s PSP and the payer’s PSP on the basis that Article 16 of the Delegated Regulation refers to PSPs and does not limit it solely to the payer’s PSP. Further, card payment transactions are typically initiated by the payer through the payee. The EBA Opinion also clarified in table 2 “Summary table on who may apply an exemption” that the payer’s PSP always makes the ultimate decision on whether or not to accept or apply an exemption. In the event that the payer’s PSP would not accept the low-value transactions exemption to be applied by the payee’s PSP and wishes to apply SCA, the payer’s PSP would either apply SCA to the transaction or decline the transaction if it was not technically feasible to apply SCA.\n\nFurther, Q&A 2018\\_4241 clarifies that an exemption under Article 11 of the Delegated Regulation can be applied by the payee’s payment service provider (PSP) for card-based payment transactions.\n\nQ&A 2018\\_4042 also provides additional information on how the liability requirements under Article 74(2) of PSD2 would apply.\n\n***\n\n**Source:** [EBA original document](https://www.eba.europa.eu/single-rule-book-qa/qna/view/publicId/2018_4242)\n\n## Related Level 1 articles\n\n- [Article 98 — Regulatory technical standards on authentication and communication](../../../articles/98.md)\n"}