Draft Common Frame of Reference:17 The main ingredients

Draft Common Frame of Reference

17 The main ingredients

Geldend

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The Principes directeurs identify as the main ingredients in contractual security:

(1)

the obligatory force of contracts (but subject to the possibility of challenge where an unforeseeable change of circumstances gravely prejudices the utility of the contract for one of the parties);

(2)

the fact that each party has duties flowing from contractual loyalty (i. e. to behave in accordance with the requirements of good faith; to co-operate when that is necessary for performance of the obligations; not to act inconsistently with prior declarations or conduct on which the other party has relied);

(3)

the right to enforce performance of the contractual obligations in accordance with the terms of the contract;

(4)

the fact that third parties must respect the situation created by the contract and may rely on that situation; and

(5)

the approach of ‘favouring the contract’ (faveur pour le contrat) (whereby, in questions relating to interpretation, invalidity or performance, an approach which gives effect to the contract is preferred to one which does not, if the latter is harmful to the legitimate interests of one of the parties).1.

Almost all of these ingredients of contractual security are clearly recognised and expressed in the DCFR. A most important further ingredient of contractual security is the availability of adequate remedies (in addition to enforcement of performance) for non-performance of the contractual obligations. This too is addressed by the DCFR and will be considered below immediately after the topic of enforcement of performance at no. 27. Another ingredient of contractual security is the protection of reasonable reliance and expectations in situations not covered by the doctrine of contractual loyalty.

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