4.   Payment institutions may grant credit relating to payment services as referred to in point (4) or (5) of Annex I only if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) the credit shall be ancillary and granted exclusively in connection with the execution of a payment transaction;

(b) notwithstanding national rules on providing credit by credit cards, the credit granted in connection with a payment and executed in accordance with Article 11(9) and Article 28 shall be repaid within a short period which shall in no case exceed 12 months;

(c) such credit shall not be granted from the funds received or held for the purpose of executing a payment transaction;

(d) the own funds of the payment institution shall at all times and to the satisfaction of the supervisory authorities be appropriate in view of the overall amount of credit granted.

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TITLE II, CHAPTER 1, Section 1, Article 18