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Commercial transactions: combating late payment

2023/0323(COD)·9th term·IMCO·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·In progressAwaiting Council's 1st reading position

Subjects: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), craft industries · Financial management of undertakings, business loans, accounting

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): IJABS Ivars (Renew)

Summary

Regulation on combating late payment in commercial transactions. Amendments address the debtor's liability to pay interest for late payment and force-majeure exceptions, automatic accrual of interest without a reminder, payment periods, the creditor's ability to waive interest including where a public authority or large undertaking is the debtor, and special treatment for the books and cultural-products sector.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
15 Dec 2023 – 18 Dec 2023
Plenary vote — Adopted
23 Apr 2024 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
In progress — not yet concluded

380

Amendments

distinct, in window

46

Members

tabled at least one

1

Committee

15 Dec 2023 – 18 Dec 2023

Dates

Plenary votes

8 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

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1. 23 Apr 2024Adopted
  On amendment 109 · paragraph 3 · point c · article 1
  Official label: Article 1, § 3, après le point c - Am 109 · what was voted ↗
  436 for109 against67 abstentions93 did not vote
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2. 23 Apr 2024Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 93 · paragraph 3 · point c · article 1
  Official label: Article 1, § 3, après le point c - Am 93 · what was voted ↗
  343 for152 against109 abstentions101 did not vote
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3. 23 Apr 2024Adopted
  On amendment 94 · paragraph 1 · point 9 · article 2
  Official label: Article 2, § 1, après le point 9 - Am 94 · what was voted ↗
  343 for152 against109 abstentions101 did not vote
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4. 23 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 104P · text to be inserted after paragraph 1 · paragraph 1 · article 3
  Official label: Article 3, § 1 et après le § 1 - Am 104PC1= 110PC1= · what was voted ↗
  225 for350 against28 abstentions102 did not vote
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5. 23 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 104P · text to be inserted after paragraph 1 · paragraph 1 · article 3
  Official label: Article 3, § 1 et après le § 1 - Am 104PC2= 110PC2= · what was voted ↗
  225 for351 against30 abstentions99 did not vote
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23 Apr 2024Rejected
On amendment 106S · article 4
Official label: Article 4 - Am 106S= 112S= · what was voted ↗
196 for356 against56 abstentions97 did not vote
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23 Apr 2024Adopted
On amendment 92 · text to be inserted after recital 9
Official label: Après le considérant 9 - Am 92 · what was voted ↗
437 for139 against17 abstentions112 did not vote
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23 Apr 2024Main voteAdopted
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
459 for96 against54 abstentions96 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

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How groups usually vote on similar files

Based on 64 past main roll-call votes on IMCO-responsible procedures, Jul 2019 → 2026-07-25.

If every group voted at its historical rate, with today’s seats: ≈79% of expressed votes in favour.

Seat-weighted baseline over 711 of 711 seats · how often this method is right →

EPPusually FOR94% FOR over 10,282 votes

S&Dusually FOR93% FOR over 8,130 votes

Renewusually FOR95% FOR over 5,655 votes

Greens/EFAusually FOR85% FOR over 4,036 votes

ECRusually FOR71% FOR over 3,907 votes

The Leftusually FOR68% FOR over 2,201 votes

Patriotsusually AGAINST40% FOR over 802 votes

IDusually FOR58% FOR over 2,996 votes

ESNusually AGAINST15% FOR over 259 votes

Non-attachedusually FOR71% FOR over 2,191 votes

Statistical baseline from past roll-call votes; not a forecast. · roll-call votes only

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Official amendment documents

PE757.130 ↗PE757.363 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

46 Members · by amendment count

Geoffroy DIDIER

Geoffroy DIDIER

European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France

Claude GRUFFAT

Greens / EFA · 🇫🇷 France

Malte GALLÉE

Greens / EFA · 🇩🇪 Germany

Eugen JURZYCA

European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇸🇰 Slovakia

Maria GRAPINI

Socialists & Democrats · 🇷🇴 Romania

Antonius MANDERS

Antonius MANDERS

European People's Party (EPP) · 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Brando BENIFEI

Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy

Tsvetelina PENKOVA

Tsvetelina PENKOVA

Socialists & Democrats · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Andreas SCHWAB

European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany

Christian DOLESCHAL

Christian DOLESCHAL

European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany

Barbara THALER

European People's Party (EPP) · 🇦🇹 Austria

Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA

Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA

Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain

Virginie JORON

Patriots for Europe · 🇫🇷 France

Jean-Lin LACAPELLE

Jean-Lin LACAPELLE

Identity & Democracy · 🇫🇷 France

Marion WALSMANN

Marion WALSMANN

European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany

Laurence SAILLIET

Laurence SAILLIET

European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France

Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Maria da Graça CARVALHO

European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇹 Portugal

Svenja HAHN

Renew Europe · 🇩🇪 Germany

Lara COMI

European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy

René REPASI

Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany

Morten LØKKEGAARD

Morten LØKKEGAARD

Renew Europe · 🇩🇰 Denmark

Carlo FIDANZA

European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇮🇹 Italy

Adam BIELAN

European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇵🇱 Poland

Catharina RINZEMA

Catharina RINZEMA

Renew Europe · 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Nicola BEER

Renew Europe · 🇩🇪 Germany

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