(1) Instead of terminating the contract on the basis of section 327m (1), the consumer may, by declaration to the trader, abate the price. The ground for exclusion defined in section 327m (2) sentence 1 does not apply. Section 327o (1) is to be applied accordingly.
(2) In abating the price, it is to be reduced in the ratio of the value that the deficiency-free digital product would have had to its actual value at the time it was supplied. In the case of contracts on the continuous supply of a digital product, the price is to be reduced, under corresponding application of sentence 1, only pro-rata for the duration of the deficiency.
(3) If required, the abatement is to be identified by way of an estimate.
(4) Where the consumer has paid more than the abated price, the trader is to reimburse the consumer for the amount overpaid. The amount overpaid is to be reimbursed without undue delay, but in any case within 14 days. The period of time commences upon the declaration as to the abatement being received by the trader. The trader must use the same means of payment for the reimbursement that the consumer used in making the payment, unless expressly agreed otherwise and provided the use of some other means of payment does not impose any costs on the consumer. The trader may not seek compensation from the consumer for the costs that it incurs for reimbursing the amount overpaid.