1 Where the payment was fixed in advance as an exact amount, the contractor is obliged to produce the work for the agreed amount and may not charge more even if the work entailed more labour or greater expense than predicted.
2 However, where production of the work was prevented or seriously hindered by extraordinary circumstances that were unforeseeable or excluded according to the conditions assumed by both parties, the court may at its discretion authorise an increase in the price or the termination of the contract.
3 The customer must pay the full price even where the work has entailed less labour than predicted.
1 Le prix de l’ouvrage est payable au moment de la livraison.
2 Si des livraisons et des paiements partiels ont été convenus, le prix afférent à chaque partie de l’ouvrage est payable au moment de la livraison de cette partie.
This document is not an official publication. Only the publication of the Federal Chancellery is legally binding.
Ceci n’est pas une publication officielle. Seule la publication opérée par la Chancellerie fédérale fait foi. Ordonnance sur les publications officielles, OPubl.