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This paper examines the Late Payment Directive of the European Union and seeks to answer the question of whether the provisions of the Directive apply to loan contracts in corporate transactions. The paper first describes and analyses the Late Pay­ment Directive and provides a comprehensive analysis of relevant arguments and legal sources. It then evaluates the different factors required by the Late Payment Directive and finally argues that the Late Payment Directive has to be applied to loan contracts and facility agreements, even if this is not explicitly foreseen in the Directive.

Delayed Repayment of Corporate Loans in the European Union: Can the Late Payment Directive be Applied to Loan Contracts?

International and Comparative Law Review

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This paper examines the Late Payment Directive of the European Union and seeks to answer the question of whether the provisions of the Directive apply to loan...

Delayed Repayment of Corporate Loans in the European Union: Can the Late Payment Directive be Applied to Loan Contracts?

Publié en ligne: 05 févr. 2019

Pages: 185 - 196

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2018-0045

Mots clés
Late Payment Directive, late payment, interest, loan contracts, linked-credit agreements, remuneration, credit agreements, corporate loans

© 2019 Magdalena Gruber, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Delayed Repayment of Corporate Loans in the European Union: Can the Late Payment Directive be Applied to Loan Contracts?

Publié en ligne: 05 févr. 2019

Pages: 185 - 196

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2018-0045

Mots clésLate Payment Directive, late payment, interest, loan contracts, linked-credit agreements, remuneration, credit agreements, corporate loans

© 2019 Magdalena Gruber, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Late Payment Directive, late payment, interest, loan contracts, linked-credit agreements, remuneration, credit agreements, corporate loans