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Document-Id: 110100, Please cite as: "http://www.trans-lex.org/110100"TitleBernardini, Piero, Adaption of Contracts, in: Sanders (ed.), ICCA Congress ser. no. 1, Deventer 1983, at 211 et seq.ContentAdaptation of contracts
Avv. Piero Bernardini* Much has already been said on the subject of "adaptation of contracts" and its relation with arbitration so that further original contributions can hardly be expected.
* General Counsel for International Affairs, Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, Italy.1 This is the case of: - Italy (arts. 1467 and 1664 of the Civil Code of 1942) - Greece (art. 388 of the Civil Code of 1940) - Egypt (art. 147 of the Civil Code of 1948) - Ethiopia (art. 3.183 of the Civil Code of 1960) - Poland (art. 269 of the Code of Obligations) - Czechoslovakia (art. 275 of the International Trade Code of 1964) - Hungary (art. 241 of the Civil Code of 1960, confirmed by the new Civil Code of 1977) - German Democratic Republic (art. 295 of the Law on the international trade contracts of 1976) - Portugal (art. 437 of the Civil Code of 1966) - Algeria (art. 107 of the Civil Code of 1975) - The Netherlands (art. 6.5.3.11 of the proposed Civil Code).2 Algerian law, for example, considers the provisions on hardship as mandatory.3 The principle of adaptation of a contract on account of supervening and unforeseeable circumstances is applied by the courts of some national system on the strength that in such a case it would be contrary to the "good faith" in the contractual relations to request performance of the original obligation when this will cause substantial hardship to one party (Spain, Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland). In certain cases national courts have also made resort to the theory of the Geschäftsgrundlage (Germany) or of the "unjust enrichment" (Scandinavian countries) to justify a revision of the contractual terms. Other national systems (France, Belgium, United Kingdom, USA, USSR) appear not to be receptive to the notion of "hardship" as a situation leading possibly to an adaptation of the contract to the changed circumstances, except that in France and Belgium - as it is known - the theory of the imprévision permits the taking into account of the upheaval of the contractual economic balance in case of contracts with the Public Administration.Referring PrinciplesTrans-Lex Principle: VIII.1 - Definition How to search - Contact - Team - Trustees - Disclaimer / Legal information / Privacy - Twitter - FacebookA project of CENTRAL, University of Cologne.