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Case C-543/24: Judgment of the Court (Eight Chamber) of 5 June 2025 – European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2011/7/EU – Combating late payment in commercial transactions – Article 4(3)(a) – Commercial transactions between undertakings and public authorities – Obligation for Member States to ensure that public authorities comply with the periods for payment laid down in that provision – Article 6(1) – Compensation for recovery costs incurred by the creditor in the event of late payment by the debtor – Payment of a fixed sum)
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Official Journal of the European Union
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C/2025/4026
28.7.2025
(Case C-543/24)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2011/7/EU - Combating late payment in commercial transactions - Article 4(3)(a) - Commercial transactions between undertakings and public authorities - Obligation for Member States to ensure that public authorities comply with the periods for payment laid down in that provision - Article 6(1) - Compensation for recovery costs incurred by the creditor in the event of late payment by the debtor - Payment of a fixed sum)
(C/2025/4026)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Wils and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: S. Baeyens, P. Cottin and C. Pochet, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Declares that, by failing to ensure that the Federal Government in 2021, the Walloon Region in 2020 and from the first half of 2022 to, at least, 15 January 2025, and the Brussels Capital Region in the first half of 2022, effectively comply with the periods for payment laid down in Article 4(3)(a) of Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that provision;
Dismisses the action for the remainder;
Orders the European Commission and the Kingdom of Belgium to bear their own costs.
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(1) OJ C, C/2024/5502.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4026/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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