Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure

Combating late payment in commercial transactions

Reference: 2023/0323(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands: Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 23 April 2024. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.
Stage: First reading
Lead committee: Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO

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Rapporteurs: MEP #96776, Ivars IJABS
Shadow rapporteurs: 10 members
Decisions in plenary: None yet
Versions: 3 versions
Opinions from: JURI, ITRE

Rapporteurs: MEP #96776, Ivars IJABS
Shadow rapporteurs: 10 members
Decisions in plenary: None yet
Versions: 3 versions
Opinions from: JURI, ITRE

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Referred to committee (done) 2 October 2023
Committee work (done) Report adopted 20 March 2024
Tabled for plenary (done) 25 March 2024
Plenary vote (done) Adopted 23 April 2024
Negotiations with the Council (to come)
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Lead committee: Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO
Rapporteurs: MEP #96776 (Renew) former member, Ivars IJABS (Renew)
Shadow rapporteurs: Regina DOHERTY (EPP), MEP #4560 (EPP) former member, Tsvetelina PENKOVA (S&D), Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS (Patriots), Reinis POZŅAKS (ECR), MEP #204420 (Greens) former member, MEP #197767 (ECR) former member, Reinier VAN LANSCHOT (Greens), Virginie JORON (ID), MEP #130833 (The Left) former member
Opinion: JURI: Legal Affairs
Opinion: ITRE: Industry, Research and Energy

Decisions in plenary, 0

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Versions, 3

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Adopted by Parliament23 Apr 2024

Adopted text TA9-0299/2024 TA-9-2024-0299

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Tabled for plenary25 Mar 2024

Report A9-0156/2024 A-9-2024-0156

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Committee draft14 Nov 2023

Draft report (IMCO) IMCO-PR-756002

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Adopted text TA9-0299/2024: Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation on combating late payment in commercial transactions replaces Directive 2011/7/EU.
Draft report (IMCO): This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal for a regulation on combating late payment in commercial transactions. It adopts a first-reading position with 25 amendments to the proposal.

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Timeline, 6

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Plenary stage 2 steps · 25 Mar 2024–23 Apr 2024

23 April 2024

Plenary vote

Sitting of 23 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0299/2024 Report A9-0156/2024
25 March 2024

Report tabled for plenary

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Report A9-0156/2024

Committee stage 4 steps · 2 Oct 2023–20 Mar 2024

20 March 2024

Committee vote: report adopted

IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
15 December – 18 December 2023

Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

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Amendments in committee (IMCO)Amendments in committee (IMCO)
14 November 2023

Draft report published

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Draft report (IMCO)
2 October 2023

Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee

The lead committee prepares the report; JURI (Legal Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0323
Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0323(COD)
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Combating late payment in commercial transactions”. Dossier. reference 2023/0323(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0323 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0323(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0323(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).

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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Combating late payment in commercial transactions}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0323}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0323},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0323(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0323(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}