Pre-reading

Relevant links:

• European Payment Report 2020: https://www.intrum.com/publications/european-payment-report/
• Annual Reports of the French “Late Payment Observatory” https://publications.banque-france.fr/liste-chronologique/rapport-de-lobservatoire-des-delais-de-paiement
• Analytical Report on Late Payments in the Construction Sector (EU Construction Sector Observatory): https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/41561
• Executive Summaries of the Report: https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/41562 (in EN, FR, DE, IT, ES, PL)
• Infographics: https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/41563
• Directive 2019/633/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2019.111.01.0059.01.ENG
• Resolution of 17 January 2019 of the European Parliament on the implementation of the Late Payment Directive: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-8-2019-0042_EN.html
• Eurobarometer on start-ups and SMEs: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/growth/item-detail.cfm?item_id=688053