{"reference":"SET-ACME-LAPLANTE-2026","parties":[{"legal_name":"Acme Supplies SRL","address":"Rue de la Loi 100, 1040 Brussels, Belgium","registration_number":"BE0123456789","representative_name":"Marie Laurent","representative_role":"General Counsel"},{"legal_name":"Laplante Bureaux SA","address":"Chaussée de Charleroi 56, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium","registration_number":"BE0654321987","representative_name":"François Laplante","representative_role":"Administrateur délégué"}],"effective_date":"2026-04-15","dispute_summary":"The parties have been engaged in a commercial billing dispute since December 2025 concerning a series of 17 invoices issued by Acme Supplies SRL to Laplante Bureaux SA between 2025-06-01 and 2025-11-30, totalling EUR 48,720.00 (VAT included). Laplante Bureaux SA disputed the invoices partially on the grounds of alleged delivery shortages (EUR 8,340.00) and pricing-application errors against the contractual rebate tiers (EUR 4,910.00). Acme Supplies maintained the invoices were due in full and issued a cease-and-desist / mise en demeure dated 2026-02-12. Following three rounds of without-prejudice negotiations between the parties' respective counsel (February–April 2026) the parties have agreed to resolve the dispute on the terms set out in this Agreement, without either side admitting liability.","mutual_releases":"Upon receipt of the Settlement Payment in full and cleared funds in accordance with clause 3, each party irrevocably and unconditionally releases and discharges the other party, its directors, officers, employees, agents and advisers, from all and any claims, demands, actions, rights or causes of action of whatever nature, whether in contract, tort, under statute or otherwise, known or unknown, present or future, arising out of or in connection with the invoices referred to in the Dispute Summary and the underlying purchase orders and deliveries between 2025-06-01 and 2025-11-30. For the avoidance of doubt this release does not affect (a) the parties' commercial relationship or any other invoices not referenced above, (b) any claim arising from fraud or wilful misconduct discovered after the Effective Date, or (c) any obligation created by this Agreement itself.","settlement_payment":{"amount":38000.0,"currency":"EUR","payer":"Laplante Bureaux SA","payee":"Acme Supplies SRL","due_date":"2026-04-30","payment_mechanism":"By SEPA credit transfer to Acme Supplies SRL's bank account IBAN BE68 5390 0754 7034 (BIC BBRUBEBB) with mandatory reference 'SET-ACME-LAPLANTE-2026'. Payment is final and non-refundable. Acme Supplies SRL shall issue a credit note within 10 business days of receipt, clearing the outstanding invoice balances in its accounting system.","instalments_optional":[{"amount":18000.0,"due_date":"2026-04-30"},{"amount":20000.0,"due_date":"2026-06-30"}]},"confidentiality_terms":"The existence, terms and negotiations leading up to this Agreement are strictly confidential. Neither party shall disclose them to any third party other than to (i) their respective professional advisers and insurers on a need-to-know basis, (ii) their auditors to the extent required by statutory audit obligations, (iii) as required by applicable law, court order, or regulatory authority (in which case the disclosing party shall give the other party prompt prior notice where lawful), and (iv) in summary form to their Boards and material shareholders. This confidentiality obligation is of the essence and survives for a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date.","no_admission_clause_boolean":true,"future_relationship_terms_optional":"The parties wish to preserve their long-standing commercial relationship. They shall enter, within thirty (30) days of full payment under clause 3, into a revised supply agreement clarifying the rebate-tier mechanism that gave rise to part of the dispute, with effect for future supplies.","governing_law":"The laws of Belgium. This Agreement constitutes a transaction within the meaning of Article 1723 of the (new) Belgian Civil Code and has as between the parties the authority of res judicata pursuant to Article 1734. Exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the French-speaking Brussels Enterprise Court.","signatories":[{"party_legal_name":"Acme Supplies SRL","name":"Marie Laurent","role":"General Counsel","date":"2026-04-15","place":"Brussels"},{"party_legal_name":"Laplante Bureaux SA","name":"François Laplante","role":"Administrateur délégué","date":"2026-04-16","place":"Gosselies"}]}