2009/0054(COD)COM(2009)126

Late Payment in Commercial Transactions Directive

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on combating late payment in commercial transactions (Recast) Implementing the Small Business Act

Stage: In force, reached 23 Feb 2011
In force: In force since 15 Mar 2011 · CELEX 32011L0007
Transposition deadline: 16 Mar 2013
Procedure: Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
Last activity: 15 Mar 2011

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Text adopted · OJ L 233 30.08.2012, p. 0003Commission · 30 Aug 2012
Text adopted · OJ L 048 23.02.2011, p. 0001Commission · 23 Feb 2011
Text adopted · Directive 2011/0007Commission · 16 Feb 2011
Report · A7-0136/2010Parliament
Proposal · COM(2016)0534Commission
Text adopted · Corrigendum to final act 32011L0007R(01)Commission
Committee opinion · PE430.892Parliament
Committee opinion · PE438.157Parliament
Report · PE438.475Parliament
Amendments · PE439.270Parliament
SEC(2009)0315Commission
SEC(2009)0316Commission
Text adopted · T7-0374/2010Parliament

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Directive 2011/7/EU, in force since 2011, caps payment periods at 60 calendar days between undertakings and generally 30 days where the debtor is a public authority. Creditors get statutory interest of at least 8 percentage points over the ECB reference rate, plus a fixed EUR 40 recovery-cost sum. Member States had to transpose Articles 1-8 and 10 by 16 March 2013.

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