| Austria | No statutory default payment term or maximum agreed B2B term was confirmed in the sources checked, so contract terms apply. | No hard cap |
| Belgium | Default and maximum agreed payment terms are set by the 2002 law (default 30 days and maximum 60 days between businesses, to be verified against the consolidated text); interest runs automatically from the day after the due date without a formal demand. | 60 days |
| Bulgaria | Up to 60 days in commercial transactions, longer only by exception; 30 days for public authorities. | 60 days |
| Croatia | Default term is 30 days if none is agreed; contracts may agree a term of up to 60 days, with longer written trade-credit terms (up to 360 days) allowed by law. | 60 days |
| Cyprus | Where no term is agreed the default period is 30 days; agreed B2B terms are generally capped at 60 days unless the parties expressly agree a longer term that is not grossly unfair. | 60 days |
| Czechia | If no payment term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after the invoice or delivery; agreed business terms over 60 days are only valid if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (EU Late Payment Directive). | 60 days |
| Denmark | If no payment term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after the invoice or delivery; agreed business terms over 60 days are only valid if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (EU Late Payment Directive). | 60 days |
| Estonia | If no payment term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after the invoice or delivery; agreed business terms over 60 days are only valid if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (EU Late Payment Directive). | 60 days |
| Finland | If no payment term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after the invoice or delivery; agreed business terms over 60 days are only valid if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (EU Late Payment Directive). | 60 days |
| France | 30 days by default. Agreed terms can’t exceed 60 days from the invoice date, or 45 days end of month. | 60 days |
| Germany | Where no term is agreed, the general statutory rules apply; agreed B2B terms longer than 60 days after receipt are valid only if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (§271a BGB). | 60 days |
| Greece | Where no term is agreed the 30-day default applies; the EU late-payment framework generally caps agreed B2B terms at 60 days unless the parties expressly agree otherwise and it is not grossly unfair. | 60 days |
| Hungary | If no payment term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after the invoice or delivery; agreed business terms over 60 days are only valid if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (EU Late Payment Directive). | 60 days |
| Ireland | The default payment term is 30 days from the purchaser's receipt of the invoice (or from delivery if receipt is uncertain), and the maximum agreed term between businesses is 60 days unless a longer period is expressly agreed and is not grossly unfair. | 60 days |
| Italy | 30 days by default. Up to 60 days if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair; public administration 30 days (60 by exception). | 60 days |
| Latvia | If no payment term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after the invoice or delivery; agreed business terms over 60 days are only valid if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (EU Late Payment Directive). | 60 days |
| Lithuania | If no payment term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after the invoice or delivery; agreed business terms over 60 days are only valid if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (EU Late Payment Directive). | 60 days |
| Luxembourg | Where no payment date is fixed, interest falls due automatically 30 days after the invoice is received, per the consolidated-text summary. No maximum agreed B2B term was confirmed. | No hard cap |
| Malta | If no date is fixed in the contract, interest runs after 30 calendar days from receipt of the invoice (Article 26C(3)(a)); the agreed payment period may not exceed 60 calendar days unless the extension is not grossly unfair to the creditor (Article 26C(4)). | 60 days |
| Netherlands | If no payment term is agreed, interest runs from 30 days after receipt of the invoice; agreed terms between businesses can run up to 60 days unless a longer period is expressly agreed and is not grossly unfair. | 60 days |
| Poland | If no term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after delivery of the invoice or service; the maximum agreed B2B term is 60 days (public-entity debtors: 30 days, or 60 days for medical providers). | 60 days |
| Portugal | If no due date is set in the contract, payment is due 30 days after the debtor receives the invoice; agreed B2B payment terms may not exceed 60 days unless the contract expressly provides otherwise and the clause is not void. | 60 days |
| Romania | If no term is set, interest runs from 30 days after the debtor receives the invoice (Law 72/2013); agreed terms over 60 days must be expressly agreed and not grossly unfair. | 60 days |
| Slovakia | If no term is agreed, interest becomes payable 30 calendar days after the creditor receives the invoice or payment request. No Slovak statutory cap on agreed B2B terms was confirmed; the EU Late Payment Directive sets 60 days as the maximum unless expressly agreed and not grossly unfair. | 60 days |
| Slovenia | If no payment term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after the invoice or delivery; agreed business terms over 60 days are only valid if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (EU Late Payment Directive). | 60 days |
| Spain | 30 days after delivery by default. Agreed terms can never exceed 60 days. | 60 days |
| Sweden | If no payment term is agreed, payment is due 30 days after the invoice or delivery; agreed business terms over 60 days are only valid if expressly agreed and not grossly unfair (EU Late Payment Directive). | 60 days |
| United Kingdom | 30 days by default. Business terms over 60 days must be fair to both sides; public authorities should pay within 30 days. | No hard cap |