Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2510 of 2 May 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the payment methods and collection process for the travel authorisation fee provided for by that Regulation

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2510 · Regulation · 7 articles

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Subject matter

Article 1

This Regulation sets out the payment methods and the process for collecting the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (‘ETIAS’) travel authorisation fee.

Definitions

Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 shall apply.

Payment service provider

Article 3

1. The service of acquiring of payment transactions necessary for the payment of the ETIAS travel authorisation fee provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 shall be carried out by a payment service provider. 2. The payment service provider shall be selected by means of a procurement procedure in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 12 ) .

Payment methods

Article 4

1. The payment service provider shall ensure the acceptance of multiple commonly internationally-used electronic payment methods for the payment of the ETIAS travel authorisation fee by third-country nationals. 2. The payment service provider shall accept payment methods that provide for an instant settlement or for a payment execution guarantee. Directive (EU) 2015/2366 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389 shall apply to those payment methods. 3. All applicants shall be informed in a clear and unequivocal manner about which payment methods are accepted.

Fee collection process

Article 5

1. Following the submission of the application, the ETIAS Information System shall: (a) redirect applicants who are between 18 and 70 years of age at the time of the application to proceed with payment and provide the payment service provider with a temporary identifier for the corresponding application file; (b) allow applicants who are under 18 or above 70 years of age, or applicants who have declared themselves to be third-country nationals falling within the scope of Article 2(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, to submit their application without being redirected to proceed with payment. 2. The payment service provider shall not request any personal data from applicants other than the payment information necessary to ensure the successful payment of the ETIAS travel authorisation fee. 3. Once the payment is completed, the payment service provider shall: (a) confirm to the ETIAS Information System whether the payment was successful; (b) provide the ETIAS Information System with the unique reference number of the payment, referred to in Article 19(3), point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, together with the temporary identifier for the application file. 4. Upon the creation of the application file, the ETIAS Information System shall immediately delete the temporary identifier. 5. The payment service provider shall inform applicants of the successful payment of the ETIAS travel authorisation fee and communicate to them the unique reference number of the payment.

Reporting obligations

Article 6

1. eu-LISA and the payment service provider shall each provide the following to the Commission, regularly and at least once a week: (a) the total number of successful payments completed during that reporting period; (b) the unique reference numbers, referred to in Article 5(3), point (b), of this Regulation, of all successful payments referred in point (a). 2. eu-LISA shall inform the Commission, regularly and at least once a week, of the total number of applications with payment and without a payment submitted during each reporting period.

Entry into force

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

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