A method for moving an article group and/or article layer from a first support surface of a first module onto a second support surface of a second module, which second module is arranged downstream from the first module in a conveying direction of the article group and/or article layer, and in which method - the first module and the second module are moved in vertical direction relative to each other for the purpose of a temporally subsequent transfer of an article group and/or article layer from the first support surface onto the second support surface, wherein - at least one horizontal conveyor is provided arranged intermediately in conveying direction between the first support surface of the first module and the second support surface of the 22 second module, which at least one horizontal conveyor transports articles of a particular article group and/or article layer toward the second support surface for the purpose of the transfer of the article group and/or article layer from the first support surface of the first module to the second support surface of the second module, characterised in that it is provided that - at least one preferably circulatingly guided pushing bar assigned to the first module comes into surface contact with at least one article arranged hindmost in conveying direction in a particular article group and/or article layer, and pushes the particular at least one article arranged hindmost in conveying direction in a particular article group and/or article layer from the first support surface of the first module onto the at least one horizontal conveyor, wherein - the at least one preferably circulatingly guided pushing bar assigned to the first module at no point in time projects in horizontal direction beyond the first support surface while pushing the at least one article arranged hindmost in conveying direction in a particular article group and/or article layer from the first support surface of the first module onto the at least one horizontal conveyor, - and wherein a storage capacity of the at least one horizontal conveyor is designed such that the at least one horizontal conveyor can only partially accommodate an article group and/or article layer. - the first module and the second module are moved in vertical direction relative to each other for the purpose of a temporally subsequent transfer of an article group and/or article layer from the first support surface onto the second support surface, wherein - at least one horizontal conveyor is provided arranged intermediately in conveying direction between the first support surface of the first module and the second support surface of the 22 second module, which at least one horizontal conveyor transports articles of a particular article group and/or article layer toward the second support surface for the purpose of the transfer of the article group and/or article layer from the first support surface of the first module to the second support surface of the second module, characterised in that it is provided that - at least one preferably circulatingly guided pushing bar assigned to the first module comes into surface contact with at least one article arranged hindmost in conveying direction in a particular article group and/or article layer, and pushes the particular at least one article arranged hindmost in conveying direction in a particular article group and/or article layer from the first support surface of the first module onto the at least one horizontal conveyor, wherein - the at least one preferably circulatingly guided pushing bar assigned to the first module at no point in time projects in horizontal direction beyond the first support surface while pushing the at least one article arranged hindmost in conveying direction in a particular article group and/or article layer from the first support surface of the first module onto the at least one horizontal conveyor, - and wherein a storage capacity of the at least one horizontal conveyor is designed such that the at least one horizontal conveyor can only partially accommodate an article group and/or article layer.