addressee at that address and the addressee becomes aware that the electronic
communication has been sent to that address. An electronic communication is
presumed to be capable of being retrieved by the addressee when it reaches the
addressee’s electronic address.
3. An electronic communication is deemed to be dispatched at the place where the
originator has its place of business and is deemed to be received at the place where the
addressee has its place of business, as determined in accordance with article 6.
4. Paragraph 2 of this article applies notwithstanding that the place where the
information system supporting an electronic address is located may be different from
the place where the electronic communication is deemed to be received under
paragraph 3 of this article.
Article 11
Invitations to make offers
A proposal to conclude a contract made through one or more electronic
communications which is not addressed to one or more specific parties, but is
generally accessible to parties making use of information systems, including
proposals that make use of interactive applications for the placement of orders
through such information systems, is to be considered as an invitation to make offers,
unless it clearly indicates the intention of the party making the proposal to be bound
in case of acceptance.
Article 12
Use of automated message systems for contract formation
A contract formed by the interaction of an automated message system and a natural
person, or by the interaction of automated message systems, shall not be denied
validity or enforceability on the sole ground that no natural person reviewed or
intervened in each of the individual actions carried out by the automated message
systems or the resulting contract.
Article 13
Availability of contract terms
Nothing in this Convention affects the application of any rule of law that may require
a party that negotiates some or all of the terms of a contract through the exchange of
electronic communications to make available to the other party those electronic
communications which contain the contractual terms in a particular manner, or
relieves a party from the legal consequences of its failure to do so.
Article 14
Error in electronic communications
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