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The article presents practical aspects of the functioning of the Act on payment dates in trade transactions (of 12th June 2003 and of 8th March 2013), focusing on conditions and judicature related to the public finance sector. The article concentrates, in the first place, on issues related to types of contracts to which these regulations apply, and on the rights of creditors towards debtors who do not meet payment deadlines set out in the Act. The most important provisions of the directive of the European Parliament and Commission are also referred to in the article, related to fighting delays in trade transaction payments (of 29th June 2000 and 16th February 2011) in the context of their implementation in the Polish law.