Mecanismul funcţionării clauzei penale cu specială privire asupra aplicării acesteia în cazul rezoluţiunii sau rezilierii contractului

dr. SMARANDA ANGHENI*

* e-mail: s_angheni@yahoo.com

Prof. univ. - Facultatea de Drept, Universitatea "Titu Maiorescu", Bucureşti

ABSTRACT

This study examines a series of controversies concerning the operation of the penal clause in certain special situations such as: admissibility of penalties running after the cancellation/resolution of contract if, by assumption, the debt had not been yet fully or partly liquidated by the debtor; the issue of the possibility of reducing the amount of "clearly excessive" penalties by the court, if these penalties are "clearly excessive" [Article 1541 (1) b) of the new Civil Code]; the admissibility of the plurality of various clauses that provide penalties and others.

Keywords: civil contract; penal clause; continuance of penalties running, after the cancellation/resolution of the contract; plurality of various clauses of...