At 11:20 27.10.98 +0000, you wrote: > > Dear Colleagues > > Customer query had me wrong footed... Do any of you have anything good on > Member state action on late payment to SMEs? The UK is talking about it, and > although I've yet to track it down the CEC was talking about it, but I have > no sources for individual Member States. > > Mike Cooper > Reading Reference Library There are initiatives in several memberstates and in the EC. The proposal mentioned by Liv Glasser is published in the official journal, too (No. C 168, 3. 6. 1998, p. 13 et seq.). The first reading of the European Parliament (codecision procedure!) took place the 17 Sep 1998 (raporteur: Lyndon Harrison). The Commission is about to prepar a amended proposal. I only know of two german (Gsell, ZIP 1998, 1569 and Freitag, EuZW 1998, 559) and one dutch publication (Wessels, WPNR 1998, No. 6319, S. 401) on this topic. If anyone in this list knows anything more I would be very greatfull ... Martin Schmidt-Kessel ********************************************************** Martin Schmidt-Kessel, Tel. **49/761/203-2184/Fax: 2182 Institut fuer auslaendisches und internationales Privatrecht Universitaet Freiburg i.Br.//D-79085 Freiburg//Germany mailto:[log in to unmask] **********************************************************