[jsilence]

"Also, merchants are banned from adding surcharges for debit and credit card transactions in the EU & UK."

Any pointer to this legislation would be appreciated.

The local swimming pool lately started adding the transaction fees to the ticket after the sale.

[Reason077]

In the UK, the relavent legislation is the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012 (amended by the Payment Services Regulations 2017).

The ban on surcharges for credit & debit cards has been in force since January 13th, 2018.

Further details here: https://www.businesscompanion.info/en/quick-guides/pricing-a...

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/payment-surcharge...