Payment delays : How to find 20 Billions € in France?

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Payment delays : The most recent figures and surveys in France shows that if the legal payment delays are respected the small and medium French companies (with less than 50 Million € turnover) would improve their cash flow situation with 20 Billions € a year.
The unpaid invoices and payment delays generate a lot of costs inside and outside of the Company:
Internal Management of the payment delays, costs related to the financing of the outstanding sales, debt collection costs, litigation costs.
In France the companies which are far away from the consumer are those with the most of the problems concerning the payment delays from their clients (forwarder, logistic, storage, business services)
In the Business to Business filed the costs per Invoice for the management of the payments are around 609 €!
In the Business to Consumer field the costs for the management of the payments are more or less equal to 6 % of the company turnover. The reason is that the French law exonerate the private customer from every kind of liability in relation with the non-payment of their invoices.
Georges Vonfelt
www.gevo.fr