PART III - Sale of Goods

Chapter V - Provisions Common to the Obligations of the Seller and of the Buyer

Section IV - Exemptions

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(1) A party is not liable for a failure to perform any of his obligations if he proves that the failure was due to an impediment beyond his control and that he could not reasonably be expected to have taken the impediment into account at the time of the conclusion of the contract or to have avoided or overcome it or its consequences.

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(2) If the party's failure is due to the failure by a third person whom he has engaged to perform the whole or a part of the contract, that party is exempt from liability only if:

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(a) he is exempt under the preceding paragraph; and

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(b) the person whom he has so engaged would be so exempt if the provisions of that paragraph were applied to him.

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(3) The exemption provided by this article has effect for the period during which the impediment exists.

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(4) The party who fails to perform must give notice to the other party of the impediment and its effect on his ability to perform. If the notice is not received by the other party within a reasonable time after the party who fails to perform knew or ought to have known of the impediment, he is liable for damages resulting from such non-receipt.

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(5) Nothing in this article prevents either party from exercising any right other than to claim damages under this Convention.

United Nations Convention On Contracts For The International Sale Of Goods, 1980 (CISG)

PART I - Sphere of Application and General Provisions

Chapter I - Sphere of Application

Chapter II - General Provisions

PART II - Formation of the Contract

PART III - Sale of Goods

Chapter I - General Provisions

Chapter II - Obligations of the Seller

Section I - Delivery of the goods and handing over of documents

Section II - Conformity of the goods and third party claims

Section III - Remedies for breach of contract by the seller

Chapter III - Obligations of the Buyer

Section I - Payment of the price

Section II - Taking delivery

Section III - Remedies for breach of contract by the buyer

Chapter IV - Passing of Risk

Chapter V - Provisions Common to the Obligations of the Seller and of the Buyer

Section I - Anticipatory breach and instalment contracts

Section II - Damages

Section III - Interest

Section IV - Exemptions

Section V - Effects of avoidance

Section VI - Preservation of the goods

PART IV - Final Provisions

[Post Provisions]

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PART III - Sale of Goods

Chapter V - Provisions Common to the Obligations of the Seller and of the Buyer

Section IV - Exemptions

Article 79