MasterCard Rules (PDF)

Europe Region Rules
8.3 Card Acceptance Procedures
a. For Merchants properly identified with MCC 5542, partial approval for
all prepaid MasterCard and all Debit MasterCard (including prepaid)
Card account ranges; and
b. For Merchants properly identified with any of the MCCs listed below,
with respect to Card-present Transactions conducted at attended
terminals, partial approval and account balance response for all prepaid
MasterCard and all Debit MasterCard (including prepaid) Card account
ranges.
MCC Description
5310 Discount Stores
5311 Department Stores
5411 Grocery Stores, Supermarkets
5541 Service Stations (with or without Ancillary Services)
5612 Women’s Ready to Wear Stores
5691 Men’s and Women’s Clothing Stores
5732 Electronic Sales
5812 Eating Places, Restaurants
5814 Fast Food Restaurants
5912 Drug Stores, Pharmacies
5999 Miscellaneous and Specialty Retail Stores
8.3 Card Acceptance Procedures
8.3.3 Obtaining an Authorization
8.3.3.1 When to Obtain an Authorization
Rule 8.3.3.1 of Chapter 8, “Sales Transactions and Cash Disbursements,” is
modified to include the following:
The Merchant must obtain an online authorization from the Card Issuer for a
magnetic stripe Transaction if the Card has a service code of X2X (Positive
Online Authorization Required).
The service code is encoded in the magnetic stripe in positions 5.1 through 5.3,
in accordance with ISO 7813. Refer to section 3.10 of the Security Rules and
Procedures manual for more information about service code values.
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