Source: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cisg/text/peclcomp65.html
Timestamp: 2018-01-16 15:29:08
Document Index: 42677128

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 25', 'art. 8', 'art. 1', 'art. 6', 'art. 306', 'art. 1286', 'art. 6']

Guide to Article 65
Match-up of Article 65 with the European Principles
Editorial remarks: Andrea L. Charters [U.S.]
Match-up of CISG Article 65 with PECL Article 7:105
CISG Article 65
(2) If the seller makes the specification himself, he must inform the buyer of the details thereof and must fix a reasonable time within which the buyer may make a different specification. If, after receipt of such a communication, the buyer fails to do so within the time so fixed, the specification made by the seller is binding. 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.
For the PECL definition of "fundamental" in another context, go to the match-up of CISG art. 25 with PECL art. 8:103 [Fundamental Non-Performance] and the comment and notes that accompany this provision. For the PECL definition of "reasonableness", go to PECL art. 1:302 and the comment and notes that accompany this provision.
[See also commentary by the author on this subject in: John Felemegas ed., An International Approach to the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) as Uniform Sales Law, Cambridge University Press (2006) 456-461.]
Comment and notes on PECL 7:105
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) 337-338.
COMMENT AND NOTES: PECL Article 7:105: Alternative Performance
(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.
This provision lays down some rules for the not infrequent situation, where an obligation may be performed by any one of two or more alternatives. The basic rule is that the party who is to perform, may then choose which alternative to perform. However, this is subject to a number of conditions. The contract may indicate that it is the other party, who is to make the choice. Or it may be the Principles which make the choice, see e.g. Articles 7:108(3) and 7:109. Finally, usages may also determine who is to make the choice among the alternatives.
Whoever has the right to choose should exercise this power within a reasonable time, especially after having been asked to do so by the other party. The sanction is that otherwise the right to choose may pass to the other party. The point at which the right to choose will pass depends on whether the time for the exercise of the choice was fundamental or, if it was not, whether it has been made fundamental by the other party serving a notice, see Article 8:106(3).[page 337]
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]