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第96章 法规与国际惯例中关于合同的条款(3)

Where the collection instruction expressly states that interest may not be waived and the drawee refuses to pay such interest, the presenting bank will not deliver document and will not be responsible for any consequences arising out of any delay in the delivery of document(s). When payment of interest has been refused, the presenting bank must inform by telecommunication or, if that is not possible, by other expeditious means without delay the bank from which the collection instruction was received.

译文:

如托收指示中明确地指明利息不得放弃而付款人拒付该利息,提示行将不交单,并对由此所引起的延迟交单所产生的后果将不承担责任。当利息已被拒付时,提示行必须以电讯,当不可能时可用其他便捷的方式通知曾向其发出托收指示的银行,不得延误。

例23:

A time charter party is a contract under which the shipowner provides a designated manned ship to the charterer, and the charterer employs the ship during the contractual period for the agreed service against payment of hire.

译文:

定期租船合同,是指船舶出租人向承租人提供约定的由出租人配备船员的船舶,由承租人在约定的期间内按照约定的用途使用,并支付酬金的合同。

例24:

Where a contract has been validly concluded but does not expressly or implicitly fix or make provision for determining the price, the parties are considered, in the absence of any indication to the contrary, to have impliedly made reference to the price generally charged at the time of the conclusion of the contract for such goods sold under comparable circumstances in the trade concerned.

译文:

如果合同已有效订立,但没有明示或暗示地规定价格或规定如何确定价格,在没有任何相反表示的情况下,双方当事人应视为已默认引用订立合同时此种货物在有关类似贸易情况下销售的通常价格。

例25:

The parties may prescribe that if one party breaches the contract, it will pay a certain sum of liquidated damages to the other party in light of the degree of breach, or prescribe a method for calculation of damages for the loss resulting from a partys breach. Where the amount of liquidated damages prescribed is below the loss resulting from the breach, a party may petition the Peoples Court or an arbitration institution to increase the amount; where the amount of liquidated damages prescribed exceeds the loss resulting from the breach, a party may petition the Peoples Court or an arbitration institution to decrease the amount as appropriate. Where the parties prescribed liquidated damages for delayed performance, the breaching party shall, in addition to payment of the liquidated damages, render performance.

译文:

当事人可以约定一方违约时应当根据违约情况向对方支付一定数额的违约金,也可以约定因违约产生的损失赔偿额的计算方法。约定的违约金低于造成的损失,当事人可以请求人民法院或者仲裁机构予以增加;约定的违约金高于造成的损失,当事人可以请求人民法院或者仲裁机构予以适当减少。当事人迟延履行约定违约金的,违约方支付违约金后,还应当履行义务。

例26:

For the purpose of giving effect to the instructions of the principal, the remitting bank will utilize the bank nominated by the principal as the collecting bank. In the absence of such nomination, the remitting bank will utilize any bank of its own, or another banks choice in the country of payment or acceptance or in the country where other terms and conditions have to be complied with.

译文:

为了使委托人的指示得以实现,寄单行将以委托人所指定的银行作为代收行。在未指定代收行时,寄单行将使用他自己的任何银行,或者在付款或承兑的国家中、或在必须遵守其他条件的国家中选择另外的银行。

例27:

A party who was unable to perform a contract due to force majeure is exempted from liability in part or in whole in light of the impact of the event of force majeure, except otherwise provided by law. Where an event of force majeure occurred after the partys delay in performance, it is not exempted from liability.

For purposes of this Law, force majeure means any objective circumstance which is unforeseeable, unavoidable and insurmountable.

译文:

因不可抗力不能履行合同的,根据不可抗力的影响,部分或者全部免除责任,但法律另有规定的除外。当事人迟延履行后发生不可抗力的,不能免除其责任。

本法所称不可抗力,是指不能预见、不能避免并不能克服的客观情况。

例28:

Parties to a foreign related contract may select the applicable law for resolution of a contractual dispute, except otherwise provided by law. Where parties to the foreign related contract failed to select the applicable law, the contract shall be governed by the law of the country with the closest connection thereto.

For a Sino-foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise Contract, Sino-foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Contract, or a Contract for Sino-foreign Joint Exploration and Development of Natural Resources which is performed within the territory of the Peoples Republic of China, the law of the Peoples Republic of China applies.

译文:

涉外合同的当事人可以选择处理合同争议所适用的法律,但法律另有规定的除外。涉外合同的当事人没有选择的,适用与合同有最密切联系的国家的法律。

在中华人民共和国境内履行的中外合资经营企业合同、中外合作经营企业合同、中外合作勘探开发自然资源合同,适用中华人民共和国法律。

例29:

A contract of marine insurance is a contract whereby the insurer undertakes, as agreed, to indemnify the loss to the subject matter insured and the liability of the insured caused by perils covered by the insurance against the payment of an insurance premium by the insured.

译文:

海上保险合同,是指保险人按照约定,由被保险人支付保险费,对被保险人遭受保险事故造成保险标的的损失和产生的债务负责赔偿的合同。

例30:

Goods should not be dispatched directly to the address of a bank or consigned to or to the order of a bank without prior agreement on the part of that bank.

Nevertheless, in the event that goods are dispatched directly to the address of a bank or consigned to or to the order of a bank for release to a drawee against payment or acceptance or upon other terms and conditions without prior agreement on the part of that bank, such bank shall have no obligation to take delivery of the goods, which remain at the risk and responsibility of the party dispatching the goods.

译文:

未经银行事先同意,货物不得以银行的地址直接发送给该银行、或者以该行作为收货人或者以该行为抬头人。

然而,如果未经银行事先同意而将货物以银行的地址直接发送给了该银行,或以该行做了收货人或抬头人,并请该行付款或承兑或凭其他条款将货物交付给付款人,该行将没有提取货物的义务,其风险和责任仍由发货方承担。

例31:

Amounts collected (less charges and/or disbursements and/or expenses where applicable) must be made available without delay to the party from whom the collection instruction was received in accordance with the terms and conditions of the collection instruction.

译文:

收妥的款项(扣除手续费和/或支出和/或可能的花销)必须按照托收指示中规定的条件和条款付给从其收到托收指示的一方,不得延误。

例32: