exchange FR <-> UK free sim

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Originally Posted by inquisitor

The mentioned directive protects individuals against immediate discrimination because of nationaliy but it is not applied where discrimination emerges as a sideeffect for different reasons, be it fraud prevention, billing issues or technical reasons.

Discrimination against place of residence is also covered, and I've checked that this does cause the legislation to apply to payment methods. While a mobile network could lawfully discriminate for postpaid contracts by place of residence (because it is providing a credit line), it could not lawfully discriminate for prepaid SIM cards.