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VIEHBÖCK BREITER SCHENK & NAU R E C H T S A N W Ä L T E Gustav Breiter IDI Conference Vienna 2007 Communication of the Termination
VIEHBÖCK BREITER SCHENK & NAU R E C H T S A N W Ä L T E Communication of termination notice - Important formalities - Checked by Judges / lawyers - Preliminary question for the case Communication of the Termination
VIEHBÖCK BREITER SCHENK & NAU R E C H T S A N W Ä L T E Communication of the Termination Cross-border contracts - applicable law - Choice of law - “international mandatory” formalities - Conventions Especially Rome Convention 1980: Art 9: also applicable to unilateral declarations, law applying to contract or local law (sent communication)
VIEHBÖCK BREITER SCHENK & NAU R E C H T S A N W Ä L T E Communication of the Termination Requirements under the applicable law - Statutory provisions (agency/distribution/by analogy? ) - Including rules on transmission? - Statutory provision for agency, for example, in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, UK - For distribution, for example, in France or Turkey
VIEHBÖCK BREITER SCHENK & NAU R E C H T S A N W Ä L T E Communication of the Termination Requirements under the applicable law – some examples - Belgium: registered mail and specified termination notice period, presumption of delivery - Hungary: Art 16: “reasons so that the parties are able to expect indemnity” - Egypt: distribution: “in urgent cases” fax is sufficient - Spain: burofax: registered mail/confirmation of the content
VIEHBÖCK BREITER SCHENK & NAU R E C H T S A N W Ä L T E Communication of the Termination Contractual Requirements for the termination notice - Valid under the respective law? - Mutually changed in the past? - Purpose of the clause: proof of delivery, other means sufficient (for example Germany, Austria, not under Estonian law) Sufficient proof of the written notice (incl. date of delivery): registered mail with return of receipt
VIEHBÖCK BREITER SCHENK & NAU R E C H T S A N W Ä L T E Communication of the Termination Thank you for your attention! Wien Mödling Jasomirgottstrasse 6 Bahnhofsplatz 1/I/5 A-1010 Wien A-2340 mödling Tel +43 1 535 24 53 Tel +43 2236 22 050 Fax +43 1 535 28 10 Fax +43 2236 49 239 www. viehboeck. at office@viehboeck. at
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