Pareiga atskleisti informaciją komercinių ikisutartinių santykių kontekste

LTPublikacijos autorė analizuoja Lietuvos Respublikos civilinio kodekso 6.163 straipsnio 4 dalyje įtvirtintą reikalavimą ikisutartinių santykių šalims atskleisti viena kitai joms žinomą informaciją, turinčią esminę reikšmę sutarčiai sudaryti. Straipsnyje nagrinėjamas šio teisinio įpareigojimo turinys komerciniuose teisiniuose santykiuose Lietuvos civilinės teisės kontekste ir lyginamas jo vertinimas užsienio jurisdikcijose. Taip pat atsižvelgdama į tai, kad verslininkams pripažįstami didesni rūpestingumo pareigos standartai, o derybose dėl komercinio pobūdžio sutarčių taikoma žemesnio laipsnio pareiga atskleisti informaciją, autorė tiria šių pareigų santykio problematiką, kuri reikšminga nustatant ir ikisutartinės atsakomybės taikymo ribas.

ENThe author analyses the pre-contractual obligation to disclose the information which is of the essential importance for the conclusion of contract as established in the part 4 of the article 6.163 of the Lithuanian civil code. In this publication the content of this duty in commercial civil relations under the Lithuanian civil law is compared with its assessment in foreign jurisdictions. It is concluded that in order to determine whether the pre-contractual duty of information has been properly exercised all the specific circumstances, the type of the contract, the subject matter, the parties’ legal status and the general principles of civil law should be taken into account. The information which is essential for the conclusion of contract should be submitted not later than at the second stage of negotiations when the parties usually reach the agreement on the contract conditions. The Lithuanian law practice requires that in case when both parties are professionals they would act in accordance with the higher standards of the duty of care. It is therefore concluded that the Lithuanian courts seek to ensure the balance of interests of the professional parties. However, in each case all the factual circumstances have to be considered, for example, a particular type of the transaction may result the supremacy of the duty of care over the duty to disclose. In the analysed continental law countries the duty to disclose is considered with the economic regard and it is recognized that the balance between the interests of the parties during the pre-contractual relations should be ensured. However, the analysis of the practice of the common law countries revealed that the duty of care and the interest in the essential contract information prevail during the commercial negotiations phase.