24As regards the conditions under which interest for late payment and the fixed minimum sum respectively become payable, neither Article 3(1) nor Article 6(1) of Directive 2011/7 draws a distinction as to whether or not the payments that are not made on time arise from a single contract. Therefore, the wording of those provisions cannot support the interpretation that, in the case of a single contract, the fixed minimum sum of EUR 40, by way of compensation for recovery costs, is payable to the creditor only once, irrespective of the number of individual late payments.
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