Draft Common Frame of Reference:II. — 9:102 Certain pre-contractual statements regarded as contract terms

Draft Common Frame of Reference

II. — 9:102 Certain pre-contractual statements regarded as contract terms

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Geldend vanaf 01-01-2009

Redactionele toelichting: De dag van de datum van afkondiging is gezet op 01. De datum van inwerkingtreding is de datum van afkondiging.
Bronpublicatie:: 01-01-2009, Internet 2009, ec.europa.eu (uitgifte: 01-01-2009, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 01-01-2009
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 01-01-2009, Internet 2009, ec.europa.eu (uitgifte: 01-01-2009, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Civiel recht algemeen (V)
EU-recht / Bijzondere onderwerpen
Internationaal privaatrecht / Algemeen

(1)

A statement made by one party before a contract is concluded is regarded as a term of the contract if the other party reasonably understood it as being made on the basis that it would form part of the contract terms if a contract were concluded. In assessing whether the other party was reasonable in understanding the statement in that way account may be taken of:

(a): the apparent importance of the statement to the other party;
(b): whether the party was making the statement in the course of business; and
(c): the relative expertise of the parties.

(2)

If one of the parties to a contract is a business and before the contract is concluded makes a statement, either to the other party or publicly, about the specific characteristics of what is to be supplied by that business under the contract, the statement is regarded as a term of the contract unless:

(a): the other party was aware when the contract was concluded, or could reasonably be expected to have been so aware, that the statement was incorrect or could not otherwise be relied on as such a term; or
(b): the other party's decision to conclude the contract was not influenced by the statement.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2), a statement made by a person engaged in advertising or marketing on behalf of the business is treated as being made by the business.

(4)

Where the other party is a consumer then, for the purposes of paragraph (2), a public statement made by or on behalf of a producer or other person in earlier links of the business chain between the producer and the consumer is treated as being made by the business unless the business, at the time of conclusion of the contract, did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known of it.

(5)

In the circumstances covered by paragraph (4) a business which at the time of conclusion of the contract did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that the statement was incorrect has a right to be indemnified by the person making the statement for any liability incurred as a result of that paragraph.

(6)

In relations between a business and a consumer the parties may not, to the detriment of the consumer, exclude the application of this Article or derogate from or vary its effects.