I. – Where the payment service provider refuses to execute a payment order or initiate a payment transaction, it shall notify the payment service user, or make the notification available to the payment service user in accordance with the agreed procedures, as soon as possible and, in any event, within a period which may not exceed that provided for in Article L. 133-13, and shall, if possible and unless prohibited by another relevant provision of EU or national law, give the reasons for the refusal. Where the refusal is justified by a material error, it shall, if possible, inform the payment service user of the procedure to be followed to correct the error.
The deposit account agreement or the payment services framework contract may provide for the payment service provider to charge a fee proportionate to the costs incurred by such notification if the refusal is objectively justified.
For the purposes of Articles L. 133-13 and L. 133-22, a refused payment order is deemed not to have been received.
II. – In the case of direct debits, where the amount credited to the payee’s account at the due date constitutes an advance, the payment services framework contract or deposit account agreement shall specify the consequences of reversing the transaction if it is not charged to the payer’s account.