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"Il se porte fort de ce que la chaine de ses fournisseurs y renonce de meme."

English translation: guarantees (lit: 'goes surety for')

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French term or phrase:"Il se porte fort de ce que la chaine de ses fournisseurs y renonce de meme."
English translation:guarantees (lit: 'goes surety for')
Entered by: Emma Turner

11:56 Aug 17, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
French term or phrase: "Il se porte fort de ce que la chaine de ses fournisseurs y renonce de meme."
Taken from general terms and conditions for the purchase of works and services, in the section headed "Transfer of ownership and risks" Just a bit confused about the meaning/structure of the entire sentence put together!
Emma Turner
Local time: 15:26
guarantees (lit: 'goes surety for')
Explanation:
"Se porter fort" has a similar meaning to 'se porter garant' (see Petit Robert). F H S Bridge's Legal Dictionary suggests "undertake to ensure that a third party does something" and refers to a "porte-fort" as a 'person who guarantees that another will do a specific thing".

In this context, the Supplier waives the right in question and guarantees that the whole chain of suppliers will waive the right also (in other words, if they don't, the Supplier will bear the consequences).
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Charlotte Allen
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:26
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That's great Charlotte. It totally makes sense now! Thanks a lot :-)
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se porte fort
guarantees (lit: 'goes surety for')


Explanation:
"Se porter fort" has a similar meaning to 'se porter garant' (see Petit Robert). F H S Bridge's Legal Dictionary suggests "undertake to ensure that a third party does something" and refers to a "porte-fort" as a 'person who guarantees that another will do a specific thing".

In this context, the Supplier waives the right in question and guarantees that the whole chain of suppliers will waive the right also (in other words, if they don't, the Supplier will bear the consequences).

Charlotte Allen
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:26
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That's great Charlotte. It totally makes sense now! Thanks a lot :-)

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agree  rkillings: The canned expression I've seen is"stands surety for".
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