{"id":2526,"date":"2022-02-01T10:33:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T09:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europlafond.be\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2022-03-17T11:36:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T10:36:28","slug":"from-1-february-2022-payment-rules-change-for-commercial-transactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europlafond.be\/en\/from-1-february-2022-payment-rules-change-for-commercial-transactions\/","title":{"rendered":"From 1 February 2022 payment rules change for commercial transactions"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]We share two articles with you published on the Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Construction (Construction Confederation) website.[\/vc_column_text]

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]To better protect companies, existing rules concerning payment periods for commercial transactions will be improved from 1 February 2022, the consequence of a law published on 30 August 2021 in the Moniteur Belge.<\/p>\n

After this date, the payment period between companies will be limited to 60 civil days regardless of the size of the company concerned by the transaction. The statutory payment period continues to be 30 days and companies are able to depart from this but must not exceed 60 days. Any contractual period exceeding 60 days will simply be considered as never having been provided for in the contract. And if no specific period is provided for in the contract, the statutory period applies. Exemptions to the law may be possible for certain sectors but nothing is planned at the moment.<\/p>\n

These new rules determine, among other things, that:[\/vc_column_text]

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