Типовые формы контрактов международной ассоциации инженеров-консультантов как источник международного частного права

Актуальные проблемы российского права. 2009. № 4, С. 312-320.
Язык статьи - русский.Аннотация
The present article deals with the problem of legal nature of the standard forms of contracts drafted by the International federation of consulting engineers (FIDIC). In accordance with the Civil Code of Russian Federation, law applicable to legal relations with participation of foreign element shall be defined in accordance with treaties of Russian Federation, Federal Laws, legal customs recognized in Russian Federation. As the International federation of consulting engineers is a non-governmental union of national associations of consulting engineers, standard forms contracts may not be considered treaties. Those forms also do not belong to federal laws of Russian Federation. Standard forms turn out to be most commonly used forms of contracts in construction. However they are not the only ones. Moreover, there are several editions of those standard forms, and each edition may be used upon the parties agreement. Thus, standard forms may not be considered as a legal custom recognized in Russian Federation. Therefore the FIDIC Standard forms do not belong to sources of law in Russian Federation. These forms turn out to be compilation of legal usages. Their application is only allowed if it is expressly agreed upon by the parties.