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…
Where the payment request falls under the electronic invoicing obligation provided for in Articles L. 3133-1 to L. 3133-3, the date of receipt of the payment request by the contracting authority corresponds : 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…
Where the concession contract provides for a procedure to verify the conformity of the services, it may stipulate that the payment period runs from the date on which this conformity is established, if this date is later than the date of receipt of the request for payment.The duration of the verification procedure may not exceed thirty days. However, a longer period may be stipulated in the concession contract, provided that…
If the contracting authority has recourse to a service provider whose intervention is a condition for the payment of the sums due, the intervention of the latter does not modify the payment deadline imposed on the contracting authority.
Where an advance payment is made, the period for payment of the advance shall run from:1° The date of notification of the concession contract;2° Where the concession contract so provides, the date of notification of the act by which performance of the services corresponding to the advance payment commences.In other cases, the period for payment shall run from the date on which the conditions laid down in the concession contract…
Where the provision of a first demand guarantee or a personal and joint surety is required, the time limit for payment of the advance may not run before receipt of this guarantee or surety.
In the event of payment of a termination indemnity, the period for payment of this indemnity runs from the date on which the amount of the indemnity is determined, once the decision to terminate the contract has been notified.
If the request for payment does not include all the documents and information required by law or by the concession contract, or if these are incorrect or inconsistent, the contracting authority may interrupt the payment period once only.For contracting authorities with a public accountant, this interruption may only take place before the expenditure is authorised.
The creditor is notified of any interruption in the payment period referred to in article R. 3133-21 by any means that can be reliably dated. This notification shall specify the reasons attributable to the creditor for opposing payment, as well as the documents to be provided or completed.
Once all the documents and information provided for in article R. 3133-21 have been received, a new payment period is opened. This period is thirty days or equal to the balance remaining on the date of receipt of notification of the interruption if this balance is greater than thirty days.
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