I.-The professionals in a sector, customers and suppliers, may jointly decide to reduce the maximum payment period set in the second, third and fourth paragraphs of I of Article L. 441-10. They may also propose to use the date of receipt of the goods or performance of the requested service as the starting point for this period. Agreements may be concluded to this effect by their professional organisations. A decree may extend the new maximum payment period to all operators in the sector or, where applicable, validate the new method of calculation and extend it to these same operators.
II.-The payment period, by any producer, reseller or service provider, may not exceed:
1° For purchases of perishable agricultural and food products and frozen or deep-frozen meat, deep-frozen fish, ready-made meals and preserves made from perishable food products:
a) Thirty days after the date of delivery;
b) Or, in the case of a periodic invoice within the meaning of Article 289(I)(3) of the General Tax Code, thirty days after the end of the ten-day delivery period;
The period referred to in the previous paragraph applies unless a derogation is included in the standard multiannual contracts between suppliers of grapes or must intended for the production of wines subject to the circulation rights provided for in article 438 of the General Tax Code and their direct purchasers, provided that these contracts have been made compulsory in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extension is renewed from that date without any significant change in the payment conditions to the detriment of the suppliers of grapes and must.
c) In the case of periodic invoices for purchases of seasonal products made under integration contracts concluded in the fruit and vegetable sector mentioned in Articles L. 326-1 to L. 326-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, thirty days from the end of the month during which delivery is made;
2° Twenty days after the date of delivery for purchases of live cattle intended for consumption and fresh meat derived from them;
3° Thirty days after the end of the month of delivery for purchases of alcoholic beverages subject to the consumption duties provided for in article 403 of the General Tax Code;
4° Sixty days after the date of issue of the invoice for purchases of non-perishable agricultural and food products. Where the invoice is drawn up by the purchaser, this period begins to run from the date of delivery;
5° Thirty days after the date of issue of the invoice for the road transport of goods, for the hire of vehicles with or without a driver, for transport commission as well as for the activities of freight forwarder, shipping and air freight agent, freight broker and customs agent ;
6° For sales between, on the one hand, agricultural equipment manufacturers, manufacturers and importers and, on the other hand, specialised distribution and repair companies, in the agricultural equipment sector:
a) Fifty-five days end of month after the date of issue of the invoice for green space maintenance equipment;
b) One hundred and ten days end of month after the date of issue of the invoice for agricultural equipment with the exception of tractors, transport and livestock equipment;
7° Ninety days after the date of issue of the invoice for payment of the balance of invoices relating to deliveries made before the start of the operating season in the sporting goods sector, for sales of equipment required for snow sports between suppliers and companies whose business is exclusively or almost exclusively seasonal;
8° Fifty-four days end of month after the date of issue of the invoice in the leather sector, for sales between suppliers and specialised distributors;
9° Fifty-nine days end of month or seventy-four days net after the date of issue of the invoice in the watchmaking, jewellery and goldsmiths sector for sales between, on the one hand, suppliers, manufacturers, importers or wholesalers and, on the other hand, specialised distributors, in respect of their activity within a point of sale or as part of their distance selling activity or central purchasing bodies whose main activity is to resell watch, jewellery, jewellery and goldsmiths’ products to specialised distributors ;
10° For sales between manufacturers and specialist distributors in the toy trade:
a) Ninety-five days net after the date of issue of the invoice for the “permanent” period extending from January to September inclusive;
b) Seventy-five days net after the date of issue of the invoice for the year-end period, extending from October to December inclusive.
III.-The maximum period referred to in 6° to 10° of II is expressly stipulated by contract and must not constitute a manifest abuse with regard to the creditor. In the absence of an express stipulation, the period provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 441-10 shall apply.