Recital 18

(18) As described in recital 17 of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5), deferred debit cards are credit cards commonly available on the market where the total amount of transactions is debited from the cardholder account at a pre-agreed specific date, usually once a month, without interest to be paid. Member States should be able to exempt from this Directive certain credit agreements in the form of deferred debit cards, as such credit agreements can help households to better adjust their budget to a monthly income, when the credit needs to be repaid within 40 days, is free of interest and without any other charges and with only limited charges linked to the provision of the payment service, and is provided by a credit institution or a payment institution. That exemption should be without prejudice to the application of relevant provisions on overdraft facilities or overrunning, which should apply in case the repayment exceeds the positive balance in the current account.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-07-30 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.