Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-19-Speech-2-800"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-10-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Combating late payment in commercial transactions (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101019.23.2-800"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-19-Speech-2-5782
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristian-Silviu Buşoi2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2013-06-27)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2011-11-07)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (2009-09-16--2013-06-27)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2011-11-29)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2013-06-27)3 unknown; Partidul Naţional Liberal (2009-07-14--2013-06-27)3 member; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2013-06-27)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-27)3
lpv:translated text	"The directive on combating late payment provides an essential instrument for establishing a proper and fair relationship between public authorities and small and medium-sized enterprises. Once this directive has come into force, it will punish authorities which are bad payers and offer business people important leverage for recovering their debts. Such legislation was a necessity in order to balance the market and offer the private sector guarantees that the authorities are a player with equal powers, which can be held to account when they break the rules of the game. The directive offers a reasonable timeframe of 30 days for making payments, with derogations of up to 60 days in special cases such as hospitals, not to mention compensation and late-payment interest. Although the form of the directive which was voted on is more lenient towards authorities which are bad payers than the European Commission’s initial proposal, it offers adequate support both to small and medium-sized companies and to large companies which, in many European Union Member States, encounter difficulties in recovering their money for the services they have provided. I am disappointed that the 5% penalty has been removed. However, I see this backward step as a strategic means of winning the support of as many EU countries as possible during the Council debates."@en1

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