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(Case C-304/16) (<a id="ntc1-C_2018123EN.01000201-E0001" href="#ntr1-C_2018123EN.01000201-E0001"> (<span class="super note-tag">1</span>)</a>
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Regulation (EU) 2015/751 - Interchange fees for card-based payment transactions - Article 1(5) - Three party payment card scheme treated as equivalent to a four party payment card scheme - Conditions - Issuance by a three party payment card scheme of card-based payment instruments ‘with a co-branding partner or through an agent’ - Article 2(18) - Concept of ‘three party payment card scheme’ - Validity))
(2018/C 123/02)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: The Queen, on the application of: American Express Company
Defendant: The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Intervening parties: Diners Club International Limited, MasterCard Europe SA
1.Article 1(5) of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions must be interpreted as meaning that, in the context of an arrangement between a co-branding partner or an agent, on the one hand, and a three party payment card scheme, on the other, it is not a prerequisite of that scheme being regarded as issuing card-based payment instruments with a co-branding partner or through an agent and therefore being considered to be a four party payment card scheme, within the meaning of Article 1(5) of Regulation 2015/751, that that co-branding partner or agent act as an issuer, within the meaning of Article 2(2) of that regulation;
2.Consideration of the second question referred for a preliminary ruling has disclosed nothing capable of affecting the validity of Article 1(5) and Article 2(18) of Regulation 2015/751.
(<a id="ntr1-C_2018123EN.01000201-E0001" href="#ntc1-C_2018123EN.01000201-E0001">(<span class="super">1</span>)</a> OJ C 270, 25.7.2016)
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