(1) The payer’s payment service provider, as well as any intermediary agencies involved in the payment transaction, are obliged to transfer the amount that is the subject matter of the payment transaction (payment amount), without any reduction, to the payee’s payment service provider.
(2) The payee’s payment service provider may deduct charges to which they are entitled prior to crediting the amount from the amount transferred only if this was agreed with the payee. In this case, the full amount of the payment transaction and the charges are to be shown separately for the payee in the information in accordance with Article 248 sections 8 and 15 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code (Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche).
(3) The payee and the payer each pay the charges levied by their respective payment service provider if both the payment service provider of the payer and the payment service provider of the payee are located within the European Economic Area.
(4) If one of the cases governed by section 675d (6) sentence 1 no. 1 is given,
1. then section 675q (1) is not to be applied to the components of a payment transaction that are effected within the European Economic Area, and
2. then section 675q (2) may be deviated from as regards the components of a payment transaction that are effected within the European Economic Area.