For loans with a variable or reviewable interest rate, the lender is required, once a year, to provide the borrower with information relating to the amount of capital still to be repaid.
In the event of a change in the borrowing rate, the lender shall provide this information to the borrower on paper or on another durable medium, before the change takes effect. This information shall indicate the amount of the instalments after the new borrowing rate comes into effect and, where applicable, any change in the number or frequency of instalments.
Where the change in the borrowing rate results from a change in the reference rate, the new reference rate is made public by appropriate means and information on the new reference rate is also available at the creditor’s premises, the parties may agree in the credit agreement that this information is provided periodically to the borrower together with the amount of the new periodic payments.
Where the credit agreement is a variable or reviewable rate credit, the creditor shall ensure that a clear, accessible, objective and verifiable reference index or rate is used. It shall keep records of the indices used to calculate the borrowing rates.
The creditor shall provide the borrower free of charge with the information supplied referred to in this article.