When the contract is for an indefinite term, each party may terminate it upon
giving a notice.
Thenotice period shall beone monthforthefirstyearof the contract,twomonthsafter the beginning
of the second year, three months after the beginning of the third and succeeding years.
In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the end of the notice period shall coincide with
the end of a calendar month.
In case of a term contract transformed into an unspecified contract,the notice period shall
becalculatedfrom the commencement of the contractual relations between theparties.
The parties may not agree on shorter notice periods.
Where they agree to longer time periods, the notice periods must be identical for the principal
and the agent.
These provisions do not apply when the contract is terminated due to a serious misconduct of
one of the parties, or the occurrence of an event of forcemajor.
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In force from 15 December 2010
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