2 Amendments of Salvatore DE MEO related to 2023/0323(COD)
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission and the Member States shall consider mandatory forms of adequate compensation, such as offsetting, and other supporting measures, such as, for example, guarantee funds for SMEs and factoring for companies owed money by a public authority, so that they are not forced to go bankrupt because of it. Member States shall put in place faster and more efficient procedures for the refund of VAT and the recovery of amounts due, especially for SMEs.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the case of late payment by public authorities, the central government may issue a warning to a local authority if the latter has not paid its suppliers on time and, should late payment persist, may pay the suppliers directly for the goods or services provided, suspending payment allocations to the non-compliant local authority’s budget. Such a system, combining reliable monitoring of the public bodies' payment performances with an effective escalation plan, widely communicated when activated, seems to have produced results which deserve further analysis and shall be passed on to Member States as an example of good practice.