Recital 41

(41) Member States should remain free to maintain or introduce national provisions prohibiting the creditor from requiring the consumer, in connection with the credit agreement, to open a bank account or conclude an agreement in respect of another ancillary service, or to pay the expenses or fees for such bank accounts or other ancillary services. In those Member States where such combined offers are allowed, consumers should be informed before the conclusion of the credit agreement about any ancillary services which are compulsory in order for the credit to be obtained in the first place or on the terms and conditions marketed. The costs payable in respect of those ancillary services, in particular insurance premiums, should be included in the total cost of the credit. Alternatively, if the amount of such costs cannot be determined in advance, consumers should receive adequate information about the existence of costs at the pre-contractual stage. Creditors should be presumed to have knowledge of the costs of the ancillary services which they offer to the consumers themselves or on behalf of a third party, unless the price thereof depends on the specific characteristics or the situation of the consumers.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-07-30 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.