由于一方不履行合同、章程規(guī)定的義務(wù)，或嚴(yán)重違反合同、章程規(guī)定，造成合資公司無法經(jīng)營或無法達(dá)到合同規(guī)定的經(jīng)營目的，視作違約方單方面終止合同。對方除有權(quán)向違約方索賠外，并有權(quán)按合同規(guī)定報(bào)原審批機(jī)構(gòu)批準(zhǔn)終止合同。如甲、乙雙方同意繼續(xù)經(jīng)營，違約方應(yīng)賠償合資公司的經(jīng)濟(jì)損失。
Should the Joint Venture Company be unable to continue its operation or achieve the business purpose stipulated in the Contract due to the fact that one of the contracting parties fails to fulfill the obligation prescribed by the contract and articles of association， or seriously violate the stipulations of the contract and articles of association，that party shall be deemed as unilaterally terminates the Contract. The other party shall have the right to terminate the Contract in accordance with the provisions of the contract after being approved by the original examination and approval authority as well as to claim damages. In case Party A and Party B to the Joint Venture Company agree to continue the operation，the party who fails to fulfill the obligations shall be liable to the economic losses thus caused to the Joint Venture Company.
《中華人民共和國合同法》第93條規(guī)定：“當(dāng)事人協(xié)商一致，可以解除合同。當(dāng)事人可以約定一方解除合同的條件。解除合同的條件成就時(shí)，解除權(quán)人可以解除合同” (A contract may be rescinded after unanimity among the parties is reached through consultation. The parties to a contract may work out conditions for one party to rescind the contract。When the conditions for rescinding the contract are ripe，the party with the right may rescind the contract).
例如，在一份商業(yè)代理合同（Commercial Agency Contract)中，甲方指定乙方在某地區(qū)獨(dú)家代理并銷售甲方的產(chǎn)品。雙方在合同中約定：“如果乙方在6個(gè)月內(nèi)不能銷售雙方同意的數(shù)量，甲方有權(quán)書面通知乙方解除本合同”（Should the party B fail to meet the agreed sales quantity within six (6) months，the Party A shall give a written notice to the Party B to rescind this Contract)。
三、Termination of Contract (合同的終止）
英文合同的終止是基于合同履行完畢、仲裁裁決或法院判決或者合同雙方當(dāng)事人合意等法律事實(shí)，導(dǎo)致合同法律關(guān)系歸于消滅。需要指出的是：“合同的終止”和“合同的中止”是不同的。前者是完全結(jié)束雙方當(dāng)事人的合同法律關(guān)系；后者是指合同在履行期間因故暫時(shí)停止正在進(jìn)行的合同權(quán)利義務(wù)關(guān)系，待造成中止的原因消除后，恢復(fù)合同的履行。
《中華人民共和國合同法》第91條規(guī)定：有下列情形之一的，合同的權(quán)利義務(wù)終止(In any of the following situations，the rights and obligations under a contract shall be terminated )：
a. 債務(wù)已經(jīng)按照約定履行(A debt has been performed according to the agreement by the parties)；
合同當(dāng)事人訂立合同的目的是要通過合同的履行實(shí)現(xiàn)預(yù)期的經(jīng)濟(jì)目的。如果當(dāng)事人各方已經(jīng)依照合同的規(guī)定，履行了各自的義務(wù)，雙方的權(quán)利也得到全面的實(shí)現(xiàn)， 那么，該合同的履行也應(yīng)告完畢，其法律關(guān)系應(yīng)自動(dòng)終止。目前，大多數(shù)的英文合同都沒有訂立關(guān)于已履行完畢合同的“終止條款”，這是不應(yīng)該的，也不符合法律規(guī)定。既然合同中有生效的內(nèi)容，必然應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)終止的內(nèi)容，這是合乎情理的。尤其 是在“中外合資經(jīng)營企業(yè)合同”、“國際技術(shù)轉(zhuǎn)讓合同”以及履行周期較長的“國際 貨物買賣合同”中，均應(yīng)訂立有關(guān)合同已按約得到履行后終止合同內(nèi)容的條款。例如：“本合同有效期為合同生效以后五年，有效期滿以后，該合同即自動(dòng)失效”（The validity period of the contract shall be five (5) years from the effectiveness of the contract and shall become null and void automatically upon the expiry of the validity period of the contract)。如果合同期滿，一方當(dāng)事人想延長合同的期限，可以在確定了合同終止的前 提下，再約定：“合同期滿后如一方想延長合同的有效期，應(yīng)在合同期滿以前通知另一方。延長的條件由雙方協(xié)商決定”（If one party is willing to extend the validity of the contract，the party shall inform the other party before the expiry and the term of extension shall be discussed and fixed by and between both parties)。
b. 合同解除（Contracts have been rescinded)；
合同解除有兩種：一為約定解除；二為法定解除。約定解除是當(dāng)事人通過行使約定的解除權(quán)或者雙方協(xié)商決定而進(jìn)行的合同解除。法定解除是解除的條件由法律直接規(guī)定，當(dāng)這種條件具備時(shí)，當(dāng)事人可以將合同解除。
c. 債務(wù)相互抵銷（Debts have mutually offset);
抵銷是指二人互負(fù)同種類債務(wù)時(shí)，各以其債權(quán)（creditor's rights )充當(dāng)債務(wù) (debts)之清償，而使其債務(wù)與對方的債務(wù)在對等額內(nèi)相互消滅。提出抵銷的債權(quán)， 即債務(wù)人的債權(quán)，稱為主動(dòng)債權(quán)，或反對債權(quán)、自動(dòng)債權(quán)；被抵銷的債權(quán)，即債權(quán) 人的債權(quán)，稱為受動(dòng)債權(quán)。抵銷既消滅了當(dāng)事人互負(fù)的合同債務(wù).也消滅了當(dāng)事人 互享的合同債權(quán)，所以抵銷是合同權(quán)利義務(wù)終止的原因。
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