In November 2022, the European Payments Council ( ) published the version 2.0 of the dedicated clarification paper on the Single Euro Payments Area ( ) Credit Transfer and Instant Credit Transfer ( ) rulebooks.
The paper addresses operational aspects related to the and rulebooks and seeks to ensure consistent implementation of the two credit transfer rulebooks by payment service providers participating in the schemes. The paper, which will be updated from time to time, as required, provides guidance and, where feasible, recommendations to scheme participants on how to handle situations that are not described in the rulebooks.
The paper applies to the 2021 and rulebooks.
This version contains a few amendments to the clarifications in the sections 2.8 (differences between Recall and Request for Recall by the Originator), 2.10 (Request for Recall by the Originator) and 3.2 ( Inquiry process). The sections 3.3 (Schematic workflow of the inquiry process) and 3.4 (Particularities about the inquiry procedure ‘Claim for Value Date Correction’) have been completely removed.
The 2021 rulebooks and/or the related Implementation Guidelines ( ) now formally include these clarifications, or the initial clarifications are no longer relevant as of the 2021 rulebooks.
Furthermore, the section 2.12 (Amended timeline to publish the 2023 payment scheme rulebooks) is removed completely following the publication of the 2023 rulebooks in May 2022 and the related in June 2022.
Finally, the renumbered section 2.12 ( and r-transaction reason codes) has been amended stressing that Beneficiary are obliged to provide the Originator with the correct R-transaction reason code.