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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

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    15 Dec 2023 – 18 Dec 2023
  2. Plenary vote — Adopted
    23 Apr 2024 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
  3. In progress — not yet concluded
380
Amendments
distinct, in window
46
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee(s)
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 →

  1. Show the 5 earlier votes
    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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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

Statistical baseline — not a forecast

How groups usually vote on similar files

Based on 64 past main roll-call votes on IMCO-responsible procedures, Jul 2019 → 2026-07-04.

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

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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
1🇫🇷
Geoffroy DIDIER
European People's Party (EPP) · France
78
2🇫🇷
Claude GRUFFAT
Greens / EFA · France
67
3🇩🇪
Malte GALLÉE
Greens / EFA · Germany
67
4🇸🇰
Eugen JURZYCA
European Conservatives & Reformists · Slovakia
62(62 solo)
5🇷🇴
Maria GRAPINI
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
57(37 solo)
6🇳🇱
Antonius MANDERS
European People's Party (EPP) · Netherlands
57(57 solo)
7🇮🇹
Brando BENIFEI
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
44(22 solo)
8🇧🇬
Tsvetelina PENKOVA
Socialists & Democrats · Bulgaria
41
9🇩🇪
Andreas SCHWAB
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
38
10🇩🇪
Christian DOLESCHAL
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
38
11🇦🇹
Barbara THALER
European People's Party (EPP) · Austria
38
12🇪🇸
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
37(4 solo)
13🇫🇷
Virginie JORON
Patriots for Europe · France
32
14🇫🇷
Jean-Lin LACAPELLE
Identity & Democracy · France
32
15🇩🇪
Marion WALSMANN
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
32(6 solo)
16🇫🇷
Laurence SAILLIET
European People's Party (EPP) · France
28
17🇵🇹
Maria da Graça CARVALHO
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
27(13 solo)
18🇩🇪
Svenja HAHN
Renew Europe · Germany
26
19🇮🇹
Lara COMI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
24
20🇩🇪
René REPASI
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
22
21🇩🇰
Morten LØKKEGAARD
Renew Europe · Denmark
20
22🇮🇹
Carlo FIDANZA
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
20(20 solo)
23🇵🇱
Adam BIELAN
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
19(19 solo)
24🇳🇱
Catharina RINZEMA
Renew Europe · Netherlands
19
25🇩🇪
Nicola BEER
Renew Europe · Germany
18

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