SMEs And self-employment They welcomed the counter-regulation with great satisfaction. late payment Announced by European Commission and whose president Ursula von der LeyenHe confirmed this in his State of the Union speech. The Multi-Sectoral Platform Against Late Payments (PMcM), which brings together more than a million SMEs and self-employed people in Spain, applauded the following announcement from the head of Community Management: Plans to impose sanctions on companies and Public Administrations that cannot pay their debtsIn addition to setting the maximum payment term at 30 days.
“This is an unprecedented historical milestone, on which we have been working tirelessly, and for which we are very proud to have made a significant contribution with our suggestions and demands, and which will benefit millions of self-employed workers and SMEs across Europe. Those who benefit most are those who suffer from the scourge of late payments”, congratulated the PMcM president, Antoni Canetethrough an explanation.
According to the proposal, each Member State, One or more authorities responsible for the implementation of this Regulationwill take the necessary measures to guarantee compliance with payment deadlines. Among others, they may perform or initiate procedures for: application of fines and other sanctions and injunctions Conducting ‘on-site’ inspections to those responsible for the violation, without prior notice, as part of their investigations, and requesting the debtor to put an end to the violation.
For Cañete, late payment penaltiesPayment terms not regulated in Spain after more than 90 parliamentary extensions are “necessary” to shorten payment terms. As PMcM has argued since its founding, “the only way to put an end to late payment once and for all is through a sanctions regime.”
Applicable regime
Furthermore, Member States shall determine the sanctions regime applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all necessary measures to ensure its implementation. In this context, the PMcM president hopes that this will be in line with the EU decision, “Effective, proportionate and deterrent sanctions“, as explained in the regulation.
Another point that attracts the most attention is related to the subject. compensation for salvage costs. When they accrue late payment interestPMcM explains that the debtor must automatically pay the creditor a flat-rate compensation for collection costs, corresponding to a fixed amount of 50 euros for each business transaction.
“This proposal puts an end to the extreme injustice that occurs when the creditor itself has to bear the late payment interest resulting from the debtor’s delay in payment,” Cañete said.
In response, Cañete, who was in the Catalan Parliament upon the request of the ERC and Junts, demanded that the Catalan Administration take the lead on this issue. Payment directly to subcontractors in public contracts. However, they are estimated to benefit $3 billion a year in invoices from larger contract suppliers, which often take a long time to pay subcontractors after collections.