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EU Internal Transfer (Germany)

Description

The German banks accept a (in comparison to the normal foreign bank transfer) more economical payment method, if the payee has a house bank in an EU member state or EFTA member state and the bank transfer amount is (currently) less than DM 5,000. This so-called EU internal transfer is created by the payment medium program RFFOD__L. The output is possible in DTAZV format and via the SAPscript form F110_D_EURO.

Change system parameters in customizing

1. To be able to use this payment method, a new payment method is to be created ("R" in the standard system) for EU internal transfers. This can be copied from the existing payment method for the foreign bank transfer with Z1 reporting ("L" in the standard system). The following has to be changed:
For more information on setting up payment methods, see the "Set up payment program" chapter in the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Implementation Guide.
Also see the program documentation for the payment print and tape generation program RFFOD__L.
2. Every vendor who has a house bank in other EU member states or other EFTA member states can be paid with the new payment method "R". For this reason, the payment method "R" is to be defined in the vendor master.
3. For every combination of EU internal transfer payment method and instruction key (in the vendor master), the instructions to the house bank are to be defined. Note that in this case Payment method 15 is to be used.
For further information on the maintenance of the instruction keys see the "Define instruction keys for DME" chapter in the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Implementation Guide.
Also see the corresponding release note about instruction keys within the payment system.
4. In the parameters for the payment program, the payment method "R" is to be defined with higher priority as the payment method "L".
The payment methods "R" and the print parameters (printer/immediate print) for EU internal transfer must be added to the existing variants of the payment medium program RFFOD__L. The payment methods Foreign bank transfer, Bank check and EU internal transfer can be processed together in one run.

Further notes

If different house banks allow different countries for EU internal transfers, several payment methods are to be created (example: R for EU member states and EFTA member states that are supported by all house banks, X for countries into which an EU internal transfer is only possible for a few large banks). Via the bank selection, the allocation of payment method and house bank is then made.