3 Amendments of Paolo BARTOLOZZI related to 2009/0054(COD)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Directive should regulate all commercial transactions irrespective of whether they are carried out between private or public undertakings or between undertakings and public authorities, having regard to the fact that the latter handle a considerable volume of payments to business. It should therefore also regulate all commercial transactions between main contractors and their suppliers and subcontractors as well as collective agreements on commercial transactions, including continuous or recurring ones, between undertakings or associations representing undertakings and public authorities.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
(1) “commercial transactions” means transactions between undertakings or between undertakings and public authorities, including transactions governed by collective agreements, which lead to the delivery of goods or the provision of services for remuneration;
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that, in commercial transactions leading to the delivery of goods or the provision of services for remuneration to public authorities, or on behalf of public authorities to third parties, the creditor is entitled, without the necessity of a reminder, to interest for late payment equal to statutory interest if the following conditions are satisfied: