Paragraph 1: General provisions

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 2192-13, R. 2192-17 and R. 2192-18, the payment period runs from the date of receipt of the request for payment by the contracting authority or, if the contract so provides, by the project manager or any other person authorised for this purpose.

Where the date of receipt of the request for payment is uncertain or prior to the date of performance of the services, the payment period shall run from the date of performance of the services.

The date of receipt of the request for payment and the date of performance of the services shall be established by the services of the contracting authority or, where applicable, by the project manager or the person authorised for this purpose.Failing this, the date of the request for payment plus two days shall be deemed authentic. In the event of a dispute, it is up to the creditor to provide…

When the request for payment is sent electronically pursuant to Articles L. 2192-1 to L. 2192-3, the date of receipt of the request for payment by the contracting authority corresponds to : 1° Where invoices are sent by electronic data interchange, the date on which the State’s budgetary and accounting information system time-stamps the arrival of the invoice and, for other contracting authorities, the date of notification of the electronic…