Prescription in the Proposal for a Common European Sales Law

The rules on prescription in Part VI!I, Chapter 18, of the Proposa! for a Connnon European Sales Law (CESL) follow the provisions of the Principies of European Contract Law (PECL) and the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR), which, in general, have deserved favourable comments. Yet, a number of r...

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Authors: Arroyo i Amayuelas, Esther, Vaquer Aloy, Antoni
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repository:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/48109
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ercl-2013-0002
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/48109
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Dret comparat
Derecho civil
Dret civil
Comparative law
Civil law
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Summary:The rules on prescription in Part VI!I, Chapter 18, of the Proposa! for a Connnon European Sales Law (CESL) follow the provisions of the Principies of European Contract Law (PECL) and the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR), which, in general, have deserved favourable comments. Yet, a number of rules contained in those texts have been omitted. !t is necessary to ascertain whether the CESL rules only apply to provisions on rights and claims resulting from sales or related services contracts, or whether they are also applicable to any other contractual right or claim and also to rights or claims of non-contractuai origin. One of the most problematic issues concerns general prescription periods: firstly, because there are two general periods, a short one and a long one, without any specification about the claims or rights covered by each one of !hem; secondly, because neither period is suitable in case of non-conformity. There are also some interpretation problems due to missing, ambiguous or defective defini­ tions. The systematic approach demands clarification too.