<!-- headlesslaw {"release":{"id":"a4f2a0495fe55b47323883f82977a9b34ab66171ec9623e39925d3a7045b6c81","published":"2026-11-01T16:41:30Z","pinned":false},"limits":{"coverage":{"history":"full","held_since":"2015-12-23","gaps":[],"covered":["PSD2 L1"],"not_covered":["national guidance","court decisions"]},"freshness":{"release_id":"a4f2a0495fe55b47323883f82977a9b34ab66171ec9623e39925d3a7045b6c81","release_published":"2026-11-01T16:41:30Z","checked_at":"2026-10-26","checked_against":"EUR-Lex"},"truncation":null,"failures":[],"incomplete":[]},"page":{"path":"/psd2/recitals/55","url":"https://www.headlesslaw.com/psd2/recitals/55","title":"Recital 55","family":"l1_recital_view","work_id":"psd2","view_of":"/psd2/recitals","status":"in_force","force_status":"in_force","date_state":"current","requested_date":null,"as_of":"2026-11-01","applies_from":null,"application":null,"version_label":"Directive (EU) 2015/2366, OJ L 337, 23.12.2015","check":{"against":"EUR-Lex","on":"2026-10-26"},"check_result":"matched","official_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2015/2366/oj/eng","valid_from":"2015-12-23","valid_until":null,"content_id":"1d8faf31f75a1c30","versions":["2015-12-23"],"version_url":"https://www.headlesslaw.com/psd2/recitals/55/versions/2015-12-23","revision_url":"https://www.headlesslaw.com/psd2/recitals/55/versions/2015-12-23/rev/1d8faf31f75a1c30","versions_url":"https://www.headlesslaw.com/psd2/recitals/55/versions","relations_url":"https://www.headlesslaw.com/psd2/recitals/55/relations","act_url":"https://www.headlesslaw.com/psd2/recitals","source_line":null,"attribution":null,"context":{"act":{"work_id":"psd2","path":"/psd2/recitals","name":"PSD2","number":"Directive (EU) 2015/2366","celex":"32015L2366","title_official":null,"document_date":null},"position":{"kind":"recital","key":"55","index":55,"articles":113,"annexes":0},"prev":{"path":"/psd2/recitals/54","key":"54","title":"Recital 54"},"next":{"path":"/psd2/recitals/56","key":"56","title":"Recital 56"},"act_anchor":""}}} -->
# Recital 55

*In force · Directive (EU) 2015/2366, OJ L 337, 23.12.2015 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2015/2366/oj/eng)*

Consumers should be protected against unfair and misleading practices in accordance with Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and the Council as well as with Directives 2000/31/EC, 2002/65/EC, 2008/48/EC, 2011/83/EU and 2014/92/EU of the European Parliament and the Council. The provisions of those Directives continue to apply. However, the relationship between the pre-contractual information requirements laid down in this Directive and Directive 2002/65/EC should, in particular, be clarified.