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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 33', 'art. 1184', 'art. 779', 'art. 1187', 'art. 33', 'art. 6', 'art. 6', 'art. 6', 'art. 306', 'art. 1286', 'art. 6']

Guide to Article 33
Match-up of Article 33 with the European Principles
Match-up of CISG Article 33 with PECL Article 7:102; see also PECL Article 7:103 through 7:106
(c) in any other case, within a reasonable time after the conclusion of the contract. PECL Article 7:102 [Time of Performance]
PECL Article 7:103 [Early Performance]
PECL Article 7:105 [Alternative Performance]
(1) Where an obligation may be discharged by one of alternative performances, the choice belongs to the party which is to perform, unless the circumstances indicate otherwise.
(2) If the party which is to make the choice fails to do so by the time required by the contract then: (a) if the delay in choosing is fundamental, the right to choose passes to the other party; (b) if the delay is not fundamental, the other party may give a notice fixing an additional period of reasonable length in which the party to choose must do so. If the latter fails to do so, the right to choose passes to the other party.
Comment and notes on PECL 7:102 through 7:106
Like the commentary to the UNIDROIT Principles and the U.S. Restatements, the comments to the PECL help explain the text. The PECL notes identify civil law and common law antecedents and related domestic provisions. With the permission of the Commission on European Contract Law, these comments and notes are presented below. The source of this material is Ole Lando & Hugh Beale eds., Principles of European Contract Law: Parts I and II, Kluwer Law International (2000) 332-340.
Comment and notes on PECL art. 7:103
Comment and notes on PECL art. 7:105
The rule in Article 7:102(1) appears to be in accordance with the laws of the Member States. It follows from the parties' freedom of contract and is only, as in CISG art. 33(a), provided for the sake of clarity.
The rule in Article 7:102(2) seems to be widely accepted, see GERMAN BGB � 271(2), ITALIAN CC art. 1184 and PORTUGUESE CC art. 779. The same rule probably applies in FRANCE, compare CC art. 1187 and Malaurie & Aynès no. 1100; in DENMARK, see Sale of Goods Act � 13, which applies to other kinds of contract also; and FINLAND and SWEDEN, Sale of Goods Act � 9(2). See also CISG art. 33(b) and Unidroit art. 6.1.1(b).
A party's acceptance of an earlier performance does not affect the time fixed for the performance of its own obligation, even if the other party's right to withhold its performance is lost.[page 334]
Unidroit art. 6.1.5(1) and (2) are similar to Article 7.103.[page 335]
Paragraph (1) of the Article is in line with European Civil Codes - see for instance DUTCH BW art. 6:19, FRENCH CC arts. 1189-1196; GERMAN BGB � 263; GREEK CC art. 306, ITALIAN CC art. 1286(1), PORTUGUESE CC arts. 543(2) and 548. As for DENMARK see Gomard, Obligationsret I, 37 and Ussing, Alm del 24. However, the law in ENGLAND is less certain - see Treitel, Contract 671. Rules equivalent to the second paragraph are less common but are found in some countries, e.g. Dutch BW art. 6:19.[page 338]
2.	Performance without the consent of the obligor