Combating late payment in commercial transactions

Tabled by Svenja Hahn, Moritz Körner, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Andreas Glück, Michael Kauch, Malik Azmani, Catharina Rinzema, Bart Groothuis, Caroline Nagtegaal, Jan Huitema, Engin Eroglu, Ulrike Müller, Dita Charanzová, Martina Dlabajová, Ondřej Kovařík, Martin Hlaváček, Ondřej Knotek, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Ivars Ijabs, Andrus Ansip, Urmas Paet, Andreas Schwab, Sabine Verheyen, Arba Kokalari, Norbert Lins, Niclas Herbst, Christian Doleschal, Marion Walsmann, Jörgen Warborn, Rasa Juknevičienė, Andrius Kubilius, Michiel Hoogeveen, Jens Gieseke, Roberts Zīle, Sven Simon, Tomas Tobé, Deirdre Clune, Geoffroy Didier, Laurence Sailliet, Jessica Polfjärd

1. In commercial transactions, Added: where the debtor is a public authority, the payment period shall not exceed 30 calendar days, from the date … by the debtor, provided that the debtor has received the goods or Removed: services. This period shall apply both to the transactions between undertakings and between public authorities and undertakings. The same Added: services in accordance with contractual agreement. Where the date of the receipt of the invoice or the equivalent request for payment is uncertain, the payment period shall Removed: also apply to the supply of non-perishable agricultural and food products on a regular and non-regular basis as referred to in Articles 3(1)(a), point (i), second indent and 3(1)(a), point (ii), second indent of Directive (EU) 2019/633, unless Member States provide for a shorter payment period for such products. Added: not exceed 30 calendar days from the date of receipt of the goods or services. In commercial transactions between undertakings, the payment period shall not exceed 30 calendar days from the date of the receipt of the invoice or an equivalent request for payment by the debtor, provided that the debtor has received the goods or services, unless otherwise expressly agreed in the contract and provided it is not grossly unfair to the creditor.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE760.676