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Payment services and cash circulation and the requirements for continuous operation

Passed 08.03.2013 No. 4
RT I, 12.03.2013, 1
Entry into force 15.03.2013

Amended by the following legal instruments (show)

This Decree is established on the basis of clauses 35 4) and 5) of the Emergency Act.

§ 1.  Scope of the Decree

  This Decree specifies the notions of payment services and cash circulation and establishes the requirements for continuous operation.

§ 2.  Application of the Decree

  The decree shall be applied to all institutions listed in section 2 of Eesti Pank Governor’s Decree No 4 of 28 February 2017 ‘List of credit institutions and branches of foreign credit institutions providing a vital service’ with regard to the provision of domestic payment services and management of cash circulation.
[RT I, 15.03.2017, 1 – entry into force 18.03.2017]

§ 3.  Payment services

  Payment services as vital services are the services specified in clauses 3 (1) 3), 4) and 7) of the Payment Institutions and E-money Institutions Act.

§ 4.  Cash circulation

  Cash circulation as a vital service entails the services specified in clauses 3 (1) 1) and 2) of the Payment Institutions and E-money Institutions Act.

§ 5.  Requirements for continuous operation of a vital service

 (1) In order to ensure continuous operation of the core information systems and equipment required for the functioning of a vital service, the provider of a vital service shall adhere to at least the following requirements:
 1) a back-up power supply connection shall be available for the information systems used for provision of the vital service, equipped with an autonomous power supply system;
 2) a back-up system shall be available for data communication between the information systems used for provision of the vital service and the provider of the communication service;
 3) in case of critical activities, the allowed maximum duration of an interruption in the provision of payment services shall be 12 hours;
 4) in case of critical activities, the allowed maximum duration of an interruption in cash circulation shall be 12 hours;
 5) a continuous operation plan shall be prepared with the aim of restoring provision of a vital service in the extent of at least 70% of the average number of transactions;

 (2) In case the information systems securing the functioning of a vital service are located in a foreign country, the continuous operation plan shall describe alternative means and measures for ensuring continuous operation of the vital service.