下载后可任意编辑英文合同中不可抗力条款的约定 一、什么是不可抗力条款(Force Majeure Clause)合同一经制定,合约双方都希望能够根据合同规定顺利履行合同。但是有时因情势变更,往往会出现一些出乎当事人意料的事情发生,而导致当事人无法履行合同。这种由于当事人所不能控制的事故而导致合同不能履行的,即是不可抗力(Force Majeure),合同中关于这一事项的约定的条款就是不可抗力条款(Force Majeure Clause)[①]。该条款实际上也是一项免责条款。在合同签订后,不是由于当事人的过失或疏忽,而是由于发生了当事人所不能预见的、无法避开和无法预防的意外事故,以致不能履行或不能如期履行合同,遭受意外事故的一方可以免除履行合同的责任或可以延期履行合同,另一方无权要求损害赔偿。“Force Majeure”一词来自于《法国民法典》第 1148 条,英文译为:“There is no occasion for damages where, in consequence of force majure or accident the debtor has been prevented from conveying or doing that to which he has obliged or has done what he was debarred from doing.”[②]《牛津法律词典》是这样解释的:“Irresistible compulsion or coercion. The phrase is used particularly in commercial contracts to describe events possibly affecting the contract and that are completely outside the parties’ control. Such events are normally listed in full to ensure their enforceability; their may be include *acts of God, fires, failure of suppliers or subcontractors to supply the suppliers under the agreement, and strikes and other labour disputes that interfere with the suppliers’ performance of an agreement. An express clause would normally excuse both delay and a total failure to perform the agreement.”[③]二、不可抗力条款的基本内容一般来说,不可抗力条款中应当包括以下几个方面的内容:1. 不可抗力发生的原因(种类);2. 不可抗力发生后通知对方的期限、通知的方法以及应当提交的证明文件;3. 不可抗力发生的免责事项及善后处理事项。(一)不可抗力发生的原因(种类)对于不可抗力条款,约定的越详细越好,有些合同,为了...