The German Federal Supreme Court allows surcharges for certain payment transactions involving "Sofortüberweisung" and PayPal | Dentons
On March 25, 2021, The German Federal Supreme Court ( Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) ruled on appeal that certain transaction surcharges for the use of payment services offered by online payment service providers Sofortüberweisung, part of the Klarna Group, and PayPal do not violate the prohibition on surcharges for SEPA payment transactions. 1 PSD2), which was transposed into German law by Section 270a of the German Civil Code ( Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, BGB). The judgment is therefore of interest not only for Germany, but for the entire EU payment services market. In the appeal case brought b...