In 2015, the Interchange Fee Regulation (EU/2015/751) (“IFR”) came 
into force in EU, requiring a separation between card schemes and 
processing entities in terms of accounting, organization and 
decision-making processes. Such IFR applies to card-based payment 
transactions carried out within EU, where both the payer's payment 
service provider and the payee's payment service provider are located 
therein.
UnionPay therefore comes up with this 
code of conduct to help UnionPay staff understand the requirements of 
the IFR and provide guidance for such staff to be fully compliant as it 
relates to such aforementioned transactions only.
This
 Code of Conduct will take effect on February 7, 2018. If there are 
questions or concerns about this Code of Conduct, please feel free to 
contact UnionPay Legal and Compliance Section at 
Legalteam@unionpayintl.com.