More severe repression of fraud on late payments

Bouygues Telecom, Danone, Enedis, L'Oréal, Orange, Système U or even EDF… In mid-April, the government distributed ten good points to large companies deemed virtuous in terms of payment terms during the crisis. In order not to add to the difficulties of some of their suppliers, all of them have set about resolving them more quickly. An example obtained after several years of name and shame , aimed at denouncing bad payers by name.

Last year, Bercy also tightened the screw again. According to the results of the Competition and Fraud Control Directorate (DGCCRF) that Le Figaro was able to consult, the penalties for delays in the settlement of invoices between companies thus reached 22.4 million euros in 2019, when of 209 procedures. This is 30% more than in 2018 and the equivalent of a third of the sanctions pronounced over the last six years (64.6 million). By including the 62 procedures still in progress, the total bill could

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