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Chapter 0: Introduction
Purpose and Concept
Chapter I: General Provisions
    Section 1: Good Faith and Fair Dealing
No. I.1.1 - Good faith and fair dealing in international trade
No. I.1.2 - Prohibition of inconsistent behaviour 
No. I.1.3 - Forfeiture of rights
No. I.1.4 - Abuse of rights
No. I.1.5 - No advantage in case of own unlawful acts
No. I.1.6 - No damage claim in case of consent
    Section 2: Reasonableness; Trade Usages; Professional Competence
No. I.2.1 - Standard of reasonableness
No. I.2.2 - Trade usages
No. I.2.3 - Presumption of professional competence and equality of parties
    Section 3: Varia
No. I.3.1 - Limitation of transfer of rights
No. I.3.2 - Lex specialis-Principle
Chapter II: Agency
No. II.1 - Prerequisites and effects of agency
No. II.2 - Agent acting on behalf of group of companies
No. II.3 - Agent acting without or outside his authority
No. II.4 - Agency by estoppel / Apparent authority
No. II.5 - Attribution of knowledge to principal
No. II.6 - Performance by agent
No. II.7 - General agent
Chapter III: Set-Off; Assignment
No. III.1 - Set-off
No. III.2 - Assignment of claim
Chapter IV: Contract
    Section 1: General Principles
No. IV.1.1 - Freedom of contract
No. IV.1.2 - Sanctity of contracts
    Section 2: Conclusion of Contract
No. IV.2.1 - Contractual consent
No. IV.2.2 - Silence by offeree
No. IV.2.3 - No repudiation of contractual consent by state party
No. IV.2.4 - Lapse of an offer
No. IV.2.5 - Holidays and non-business days
No. IV.2.6 - Modified acceptance
No. IV.2.7 - Writings in confirmation
    Section 3: Contracting under Standard Terms
No. IV.3.1 - Scope of application; Definition
No. IV.3.2 - No surprising standard terms
No. IV.3.3 - Conflicting terms; battle of forms
No. IV.3.4 - Unfair standard terms
    Section 4: Form Requirements; Language
No. IV.4.1 - Principle of informality
No. IV.4.2 - Language
    Section 5: Interpretation
No. IV.5.1 - Intentions of the parties
No. IV.5.2 - Context-oriented interpretation
No. IV.5.3 - Interpretation in favour of effectiveness of contract
No. IV.5.4 - Interpretation against the party that supplied the term
No. IV.5.5 - Falsa demonstratio rule
No. IV.5.6 - Rights and duties of the parties under "FOB" and "CIF"
No. IV.5.7 - Merger Clauses
    Section 6: Contractual Obligations
No. IV.6.1 - Express and implied obligations
No. IV.6.2 - Subsequent fixing of contract price
No. IV.6.3 - Fixing of price by one of the parties
No. IV.6.4 - No contract to detriment of third party
No. IV.6.5 - Best efforts undertakings
No. IV.6.6 - Time is of the essence
No. IV.6.7 - Duty to renegotiate
No. IV.6.8 - (Re-) Negotiation Agreement / Clause (Pactum de negotiando)
No. IV.6.9 - Duty to notify / to cooperate
No. IV.6.10 - Conditions
No. IV.6.11 - Plurality of debtors
No. IV.6.12 - Plurality of creditors
No. IV.6.13 - Duty of confidentiality
    Section 7: Invalidity of Contract
No. IV.7.1 - Invalidity of contract that violates good morals (boni mores)
No. IV.7.2 - Invalidity of contract due to bribery
No. IV.7.3 - Right to avoid the contract for mistake in fact or law
No. IV.7.4 - Right to avoid the contract for fraudulent misrepresentation
    Section 8: Precontractual Liability
No. IV.8.1 - Principle of pre-contractual liability
Chapter V: Performance
    Section 1: General Principles
No. V.1.1 - Place of performance
No. V.1.2 - Time of performance
No. V.1.3 - Early performance
No. V.1.4 - Principle of simultaneous performance; right to withhold performance
No. V.1.5 - Costs of performance
    Section 2: Payment of Money Debts
No. V.2.1 - Payment in currency of place of payment
No. V.2.2 - Conversion of money debts
No. V.2.3 - Nominalistic principle
No. V.2.4 - Distribution of currency transfer risk
No. V.2.5 - Payment of contract price through documentary credit
Chapter VI: Non-Performance
No. VI.1 - Termination of contract in case of fundamental non-performance
No. VI.2 - Notification of Lack of Conformity of Goods
No. VI.3 - Force majeure
No. VI.4 - Promise to pay in case of non-performance
No. VI.5 - Anticipatory breach
Chapter VII: Damages
No. VII.1 - Damages in case of non-performance
No. VII.2 - Principle of foreseeability of loss
No. VII.3.1 - Limits to claims for damages
No. VII.3.2 - Lost profits/Further damages
No. VII.4 - Duty to mitigate
No. VII.5 - Liability for damages for legal opinions
No. VII.6 - Duty to pay interest
No. VII.7 - Right to charge compound interest
Chapter VIII: Hardship
No. VIII.1 - Definition
No. VIII.2 - Legal consequences
Chapter IX: Unjust Enrichment/Restitution
No. IX.1 - Basic rule
No. IX.2 - Circumstances in which an enrichment is unjustified
No. IX.3 - Enrichment
No. IX.4 - Disadvantage
No. IX.5 - Disenrichment
No. IX.6 - No restitution in case of knowledge of illegality of performance
No. IX.7 - Relation to other remedies
Chapter X: Corporations
No. X.1 - Foreign corporate entities
No. X.2 - Piercing the corporate veil
No. X.3 - Liability of corporate founders
Chapter XI: Expropriation
No. XI.1 - Compensation for expropriation
Chapter XII: Proof, Means of Evidence
No. XII.1 - Distribution of burden of proof
No. XII.2 - Proof of written contract
No. XII.3 - Circumstantial evidence
No. XII.4 - Prima facie evidence
No. XII.5 - Settlement Privilege
No. XII.6 - Attorney-Client Privilege
No. XII.7 - Most favoured nation treatment in case of unequal privilege protection
Chapter XIII: International Arbitration
    Section 1: Arbitration Agreement
No. XIII.1.1 - Arbitration agreement
No. XIII.1.2 - Interpretation of Arbitration agreements
No. XIII.1.3 - Arbitration agreement and substantive claim before court
No. XIII.1.4 - Arbitration agreement and interim measures by court
    Section 2: Arbitral Tribunal
No. XIII.2.1 - Number of arbitrators
No. XIII.2.2 - Arbitrator‘s duty to disclose
No. XIII.2.3 - Grounds for challenge of an arbitrator
No. XIII.2.4 - Kompetenz-Kompetenz; Separability of the arbitration clause
No. XIII.2.5 - Power of arbitral tribunal to order interim measures
No. XIII.2.6 - Decision making by panel of arbitrators
No. XIII.2.7 - Immunity of arbitrator
    Section 3: Arbitral Procedure
No. XIII.3.1 - Arbitral due process
No. XIII.3.2 - Determination of rules of procedure
No. XIII.3.3 - Seat of arbitration
No. XIII.3.4 - Language of the arbitration
No. XIII.3.5 - Early legal guidance by the tribunal
No. XIII.3.6 - Hearings and written proceedings
No. XIII.3.7 - No suspension in case of bankruptcy of a party
No. XIII.3.8 - Default of a party
No. XIII.3.9 - Waiver of right to object
    Section 4: Award; Termination of Proceedings
No. XIII.4.1 - Rules applicable to merits; decision ex aequo et bono
No. XIII.4.2 - Form and contents of award
No. XIII.4.3 - Settlement
No. XIII.4.4 - Termination of proceedings
    Section 5: Confidentiality
No. XIII.5.1 - Confidentiality
Chapter XIV: Private International Law
No. XIV.1 - Law applicable to an international arbitration agreements
No. XIV.2 - Law applicable to international contracts
No. XIV.3 - Rule of validation/Lex validitatis


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