A client isn't paying your invoice

Business client

• Commercial interest from the day after the agreed due date, or 30 days after receipt of the invoice if none was agreed (art. 6:119a Dutch Civil Code).
• Payment terms over 60 days only if expressly agreed and not unfair; a large company may not impose more than 30 days on a small supplier (art. 6:119a(5) and (6)).
• Collection costs of at least €40, without a reminder (art. 6:96(4)).

Consumer client

You may charge collection costs only after a reminder giving fourteen days to pay that states the costs (art. 6:96(6)); the amount follows a fixed scale.

What you can do

1. Send a clear reminder with a payment deadline.
2. If nothing happens, formal notice, then possibly a collection agency or bailiff.
3. Claims up to €25,000 go to the subdistrict court, without a mandatory lawyer.