La compensación de deudas. Propuestas de reforma del derecho español a la luz de los textos de soft. law europeos
Spanish Proposals for a reform of the law of obligations regard set-off as a matter of substantive law, following the trend set by European soft law texts and principles (PECL, DCFR, UNIDROIT Principles). Accordingly, set-off takes place by means of a declaration (notification) from one party to the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10256/27259 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10256/27259 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Obligacions (Dret) Obligations (Law) Reparació (Dret) Reparation |
| Sumario: | Spanish Proposals for a reform of the law of obligations regard set-off as a matter of substantive law, following the trend set by European soft law texts and principles (PECL, DCFR, UNIDROIT Principles). Accordingly, set-off takes place by means of a declaration (notification) from one party to the other, expressing his/her will to discharge the two debts, without being required that compensation be sustained by a judicial decision. In this line, the proposals move away from the French original system, providing for the discharge of the debts “ipso iure” from the same moment where legal requirements were met, and approach closer to the German model provided for in §§ 388 ff BGB and to new Art. 1347 French Code Civil, in the wording that has recently given the Ordonnance n° 2016-131 du 10 février 2016, portant réforme du droit des contrats, du régime général et de la preuve des obligations. However, a basic difference exists between the European principles and the Spanish proposals: while in these latter, once set-off has been declared, the effects operate retrospectively from the moment where legal requirements were met (Articles 1177 PMCC and 516-9 PCC), under the provisions of the European principles set-off produces ex-nunc effects, i.e. its effects operate from the moment the notification is made. This paper focuses on the regulation of set-off in the proposals for a reform of the Spanish law of obligations, in the light of the models provided by comparative law and the provisions contained in PECL, DCFR and Unidroit Principles |
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