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7.2 Additional Acquirer Obligations and Activities for Acquiring Transactions from a Merchant—POS and
Electronic Commerce Only
7.1.15 Information to Merchants—European Economic Area
Only
An Acquirer:
1. must inform existing and prospective Merchants that interchange fees and
Rules set by the Corporation are available on the MasterCard public Internet
site (www.mastercard.com);
2. must inform existing and prospective Merchants that they may apply
different surcharges to Transactions, MasterCard credit card transactions,
MasterCard commercial card transactions and MasterCard debit card
transactions, while respecting Rule 7.2.2 (Merchant Surcharging) of this
chapter.
3. must inform existing and prospective Merchants that they are not obliged
to accept MasterCard cards and/or the cards of any other network as a
condition for accepting Cards;
4. may not prohibit existing or prospective Merchants from entering
into a merchant agreement with any other Acquirer with respect to
Transactions, MasterCard credit card transactions, MasterCard commercial
card transactions, MasterCard debit card transactions and/or the transactions
of other card networks, unless the Merchant elects to enter into a Merchant
agreement solely with the Acquirer;
5. must provide to existing and prospective Merchants pricing information
that specifies separately (including separately from that of any other card
network) the financial terms to be applied to Transactions, MasterCard credit
card transactions, MasterCard commercial card transactions and MasterCard
debit card transactions, unless the Merchant elects that the Acquirer shall
not have to provide such separate pricing information; and
6. must indicate on Merchant invoices the number of Transactions, Volume and
total amount of the Merchant service charge separately (including separately
from those of any other card network) for Transactions, MasterCard credit
card transactions, MasterCard commercial card transactions and MasterCard
debit card transactions, unless the Merchant elects that the Acquirer shall
not have to provide such separate invoice information.
7.2 Additional Acquirer Obligations and Activities for
Acquiring Transactions from a Merchant—POS and
Electronic Commerce Only
In addition to the rules in Chapter 7, “Acquiring,” Rule 7.2 in part 1 of this
rulebook, the following applies:
16. ensure that Merchants submit recurring payment Transactions only after
they have been registered and received a Corporation-assigned Merchant ID
and static AAV.
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