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Abdingung einer Preisgefahr

English translation: waiver of price risk

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German term or phrase:Abdingung einer Preisgefahr
English translation:waiver of price risk
Entered by: Kim Metzger

18:47 Nov 22, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Swiss law of obligations/contract for work
German term or phrase: Abdingung einer Preisgefahr
This is a legal interpretation of a Swiss law of obligations provision. I have found "subject to be contracted away" and "transactionable" for abdingbar in Romain and "not mandatory" and "modifiable" in Hamblock/Wessels.

Denn mit der Abdingung einer bestimmten Preisgefahr erklärt der Besteller nicht, er wolle das Werk fortführen, wenn es wesentlich teurer zu stehen kommt.

Anzeige der kostenverteuernden Umstände bildet eine Voraussetzung des Preisbesserungsanspruch des Festpreisunternehmers. Wer eine Vertragsänderung will, muss es erklären, sobald die anspruchsbegründenden Voraussetzungen eingetreten sind. Stellt er nicht die mit der Anzeige verbundene Vertragsänderungsofferte, so ist anzunehmen, er verzichte darauf und halte sich an die Festpreisvereinbarung. Er bestätigt die bestehende Festpreisvereinbarung durch stillschweigende Genehmigung. Art. 370 N. 1-3. Selbst den Eintritt von Kostenverteuerungen, welche nach ausdrücklicher lex contractus nicht zu Lasten des Festpreisunternehmers gehen, muss dieser anzeigen. *Denn mit der Abdingung einer bestimmten Preisgefahr erklärt der Besteller nicht, er wolle das Werk fortführen, wenn es wesentlich teurer zu stehen kommt.*
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 17:58
waiver of price risk (by waiving the price risk)
Explanation:
If you look at

www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/dfr/bv089214.html

and

www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/i8/0.822.723.2.de.pdf

"Abdingung" almost certainly means "waiver".

Although "Preisgefahr" generally means "Gegeleistungsgefahr"

(www.unifr.ch/zrhr/documents/lehre/examen/Saetze OR AT mit H...

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gegenleistungsgefahr),

in your case it really does appear to refer to an actual increase in price for the offered service.

So maybe "waiver of price risk" (or, to use Jonathan's term, "waiver of price variation risk", although it almost certainly refers to an "increase" rather than a "variation").

IOW, if you submit an offer to build a house for me and I "waive the price risk", it doesn't automatically constitute a declaration on my part that I want you to build it even if it costs twice as much as the fixed price specified in your original offer.


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Note added at 17 Stunden (2006-11-23 11:52:57 GMT)
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And, of course, you have the "bestimmt" in there to additionally qualify the phrase.
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TonyTK
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Thank you, Tony. This was very helpful. In some cases - in other passages - exclusion also seemed to work for Abdingung.
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waiver of price risk (by waiving the price risk)


Explanation:
If you look at

www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/dfr/bv089214.html

and

www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/i8/0.822.723.2.de.pdf

"Abdingung" almost certainly means "waiver".

Although "Preisgefahr" generally means "Gegeleistungsgefahr"

(www.unifr.ch/zrhr/documents/lehre/examen/Saetze OR AT mit H...

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gegenleistungsgefahr),

in your case it really does appear to refer to an actual increase in price for the offered service.

So maybe "waiver of price risk" (or, to use Jonathan's term, "waiver of price variation risk", although it almost certainly refers to an "increase" rather than a "variation").

IOW, if you submit an offer to build a house for me and I "waive the price risk", it doesn't automatically constitute a declaration on my part that I want you to build it even if it costs twice as much as the fixed price specified in your original offer.


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Note added at 17 Stunden (2006-11-23 11:52:57 GMT)
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And, of course, you have the "bestimmt" in there to additionally qualify the phrase.

TonyTK
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you, Tony. This was very helpful. In some cases - in other passages - exclusion also seemed to work for Abdingung.
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