Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-549/23American Express Europe SA and Others v International Card Services BV
- Decided
- 2026-04-16
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2026:295
- CELEX
- 62023CJ0549
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
Also searched as: Case C-549/23, C-549/23 2026, ECLI:EU:C:2026:295.
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Reference for a preliminary ruling – Payment services in the internal market – Regulation (EU) 2015/751 – Article 2(10) – Interchange fees for card-based payment transactions – Article 2(11) – Net compensation – Article 4 – Cap on the amount of those fees – Article 5 – Prohibition of circumvention – Remuneration received by a co-branding partner from a three party payment card scheme – Application of that cap to that remuneration – Deduction of the value of the services provided by the co-branding partner.
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