Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0323(COD)
Combating late payment in commercial transactions
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · First reading
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands
Plenary vote
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.
- 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)
- Published as law(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Mep #96776 (Renew), Ivars Ijabs (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Regina Doherty (EPP), Mep #4560 (EPP), Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D), Jorge Martín Frías (Patriots), Reinis Pozņaks (ECR), Mep #204420 (Greens), Mep #197767 (ECR), Reinier van Lanschot (Greens), Virginie Joron (ID), Mep #130833 (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Legal Affairs
- Industry, Research and Energy
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 23 Apr 2024
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation on combating late payment in commercial transactions replaces Directive 2011/7/EU.
Tabled for plenary· 25 Mar 2024
Committee draft· 14 Nov 2023
AI summary: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.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
23 April 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 23 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0299/2024Report A9-0156/2024
25 March 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
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)
Members of IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) proposed changes to the draft.
Amendments in committee (IMCO)Amendments in committee (IMCO)
14 November 2023
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
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.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0323(COD)