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2023/0323(COD)COM(2023)533IMCO

Commercial transactions: combating late payment

Combating late payment in commercial transactions

Stage
EP position adopted, reached 23 Apr 2024
Procedure
Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Ivars Ijabs (Renew)
Lead DG
DG GROW
Commissioner
Stéphane Séjourné
Council configuration
Competitiveness Council
Last activity
21 Oct 2025
Legal basis
TFEU_2016 Art. 114; TFEU_2016 Art. 294
38 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme, 21 Oct 2025.

Show the earlier record: 24 dates, 17 Mar 2023 to 23 Apr 2024
  1. 17 Mar 2023
    • Call for evidence closed: Revision of EU rules on late payments (Late Payments Directive), 137 responses · Commission
    • Public consultation closed: Revision of EU rules on late payments (Late Payments Directive), 117 responses · Commission
  2. 13 Sept 2023
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  3. 14 Sept 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 2 Oct 2023
    • Referred to committee
  5. 31 Oct 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  6. 9 Nov 2023
    • Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Revision of EU rules on late payments (Late Payments Directive), 51 responses · Commission
  7. 14 Nov 2023
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  8. 22 Nov 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  9. 24 Nov 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  10. 1 Dec 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  11. 4 Dec 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  12. 15 Dec 2023
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  13. 18 Dec 2023
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  14. 20 Dec 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  15. 3 Jan 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  16. 30 Jan 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  17. 15 Feb 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  18. 16 Feb 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  19. 27 Feb 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  20. 11 Mar 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  21. 19 Mar 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  22. 20 Mar 2024
    • Committee report adopted
  23. 25 Mar 2024
    • Tabled for plenary
  24. 23 Apr 2024
    • EP position at first reading
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Plenary vote
  1. 3 Jul 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  2. 11 Jul 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 13 Nov 2024
    • Referred to committee
  4. 28 Nov 2024
    • Deliberations in Council
  5. 6 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  6. 22 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council
  7. 7 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  8. 21 Oct 2025
    • Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
7 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurIvars IjabsRenewLVIMCO
Shadow rapporteurJorge Martín FríasPfEESIMCO
Shadow rapporteurRegina DohertyEPPIEIMCO
Shadow rapporteurReinier Van LanschotGreens/EFANLIMCO
Shadow rapporteurReinis PozņaksECRLVIMCO
Shadow rapporteurStelios KouloglouThe LeftELIMCO
Shadow rapporteurTsvetelina PenkovaS&DBGIMCO
380 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 15 Dec 2023 and 18 Dec 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • IMCO380

By author

  • Maria Grapini40
  • Brando Benifei30
  • Andreas Schwab27
  • Christian Doleschal27
  • Tsvetelina Penkova26
  • Laura Ballarín Cereza24
  • Marion Walsmann22
  • Virginie Joron19
  • Svenja Hahn18
  • Maria da Graça Carvalho17
Show 15 more authors
  • Adam Bielan15
  • René Repasi15
  • Andreas Glück14
  • Carlo Fidanza14
  • Jan-Christoph Oetjen14
  • Moritz Körner14
  • Morten Løkkegaard12
  • Isabella Tovaglieri10
  • Sandro Gozi6
  • Stéphanie YON-COURTIN6
  • Pablo Arias Echeverría5
  • Róża Thun Und Hohenstein5
  • Arba Kokalari4
  • Christel Schaldemose4
  • Salvatore de Meo2

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 208 of the 380 amendments.

By article

  • Article 3 – paragraph 119
  • Article 3 – paragraph 210
  • Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)9
  • Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)8
  • Article 3 – paragraph 37
  • Article 5 – paragraph 17
  • Recital 117
  • Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)6
  • Article 5 – paragraph 36
  • Recital 296
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)5
  • Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)5
  • Article 13 – paragraph 25
  • Article 17 – paragraph 25
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)5
  • Article 20 – paragraph 25
  • Article 4 – paragraph 15
  • Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part5
  • Recital 145
  • Article 1 – paragraph 44
  • Article 13 – paragraph 14
  • Article 13 – paragraph 34
  • Article 13 – paragraph 44
  • Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)4
  • Article 18 – paragraph 14
  • Article 3 – paragraph 44
  • Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part4
  • Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)4
  • Recital 11 a (new)4
  • Recital 134

Covers 174 of the 380 amendments.

7 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.

ConsultationFeedback deadlineFeedback received
9 Nov 2023305

Summary

Generated

This regulation caps payment terms at 30 days and imposes financial penalties for late commercial payments. It standardizes contract terms across the single market to protect SMEs from cash flow disruptions in cross-border transactions. The EP has adopted its position; the file is at stage EP Position Adopted.

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