2020年2月2日 星期日

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China to Offer Force Majeure Support Amid Virus Impact

China trade agency to offer firms force majeure certificates amid coronavirus outbreak


A worker wearing a face mask transports fertilisers for export at a port in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China January 31, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese international trade promotion agency said it would offer force majeure certificates to companies struggling to cope with the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic on their business with overseas partners......




A worker wearing a face mask transports fertilisers for export at a port in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China January 31, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
根據CNBC報導,中國國際貿易促進委員會近日在一份聲明中說,如果中國當地企業由於武漢肺炎病毒的爆發而無法履行其國際合同義務,中國將提供不可抗力證書(force majeure),讓這些中國企業可以合法毀約不用賠償,貿易商認為,此舉將重挫2月3日開盤後的國際商品市場,包括能源、原物料等行情,恐將因中國廠商拒絕履約而大跌。

Arrests in China Show Limits of War on Graft
By ANDREW JACOBS

BEIJING — The arrests and harassment of activists suggest a lack of resolve among leaders to fight malfeasance.

Japan refiners eye force majeure clause for Iran contracts

Reuters
By Osamu Tsukimori | TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - Japanese buyers of Iran crude may ask Tehran to include a force majeure clause in contracts if they are unable to pay Iran or lift Iranian oil due to lack of insurance cover for tankers under European ...


"crying wolf", tsunami, find, refined, full-scale

Quake Finds Tsunami Forecasts Still Limited
By KENNETH CHANG
Forecasters in Hawaii admit that their computer models, while better than they were in the past, were not refined enough to declare whether a full-scale evacuation was really needed.


Japan agency "sorry" after tsunami less than feared

msnbc.com

By Linda Sieg TOKYO - Japan's weather agency apologized on Monday for "crying wolf" when it urged some 1.5 million people to evacuate ahead of a possible ...

"crying wolf",狼來了 tsunami 海嘯

Force majeure (French, pronounced: [fɔʁs maʒœʁ][1]) or vis major (Latin) "superior force", also known as cas fortuit (French) or casus fortuitus (Latin) "chance occurrence, unavoidable accident",[2] is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, or an event described by the legal term act of God (such as hurricane, flooding, earthquake, volcanic eruption, etc.), prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract. In practice, most force majeure clauses do not excuse a party's nonperformance entirely, but only suspend it for the duration of the force majeure. [3][4]

However, force majeure is not intended to excuse negligence or other malfeasance of a party, as where non-performance is caused by the usual and natural consequences of external forces (for example, predicted rain stops an outdoor event), or where the intervening circumstances are specifically contemplated.





根據CNBC報導,中國國際貿易促進委員會近日在一份聲明中說,如果中國當地企業由於武漢肺炎病毒的爆發而無法履行其國際合同義務,中國將提供不可抗力證書(force majeure),讓這些中國企業可以合法毀約不用賠償,貿易商認為,此舉將重挫2月3日開盤後的國際商品市場,包括能源、原物料等行情,恐將因中國廠商拒絕履約而大跌。




不可抗力〈Force Majeure〉是法律術語,一項免責條款,解作一種人們不能預見、不可避免、不能克服的自然、社會現象客觀情況。自然現象包括但不限於天災人禍如地震、颱風、洪水和海嘯;社會現象則包括但不限於戰爭、市政工程建設和其它政府政策。 在很多情況中,合約中也會列明如因不可抗力的發生而阻礙賣方的交貨義務或履行合約,違約方可部分或者全部免除違約責任。






malfeasance

Syllabification: (mal·fea·sance)
Pronunciation: /malˈfēzəns/

Definition of malfeasance
noun

Law
  • wrongdoing, especially by a public official.



Derivatives


malfeasant

Pronunciation: /-ˈfēzənt/

noun & adjective

Origin:

late 17th century: from Anglo-Norman French malfaisance, from mal- 'evil' + Old French faisance 'activity'. Compare with misfeasance



refinement

音節
re • fine • ment
発音
rifáinmənt

refinementの変化形
refinements (複数形)
[名]
1 [U]洗練,上品,高尚,優雅;教養;[C]洗練された態度[趣味など]
a man of refinement
上品な人.
2 [U]精錬,精製;純化.
3 微妙な点,微細な区別;精緻(ち)な思考;[U](論理・推論の)精緻,微妙.
4 [U][C]凝った工夫;改良,改善;極致
the refinements in new model stereos
新型ステレオの凝った工夫
refinements of torture
手のこんだ拷問.

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