采购与供应基础文凭
Foundation Diploma in Purchasing and Supply
采购法务与合同管理
Developing Contracts in
Purchasing and Supply
A部分（SECTION A）
请仔细阅读并分析以下案例，然后回答问题1和问题2。
You are strongly advised to carefully read and analyse the information in the case study before attempting to answer questions 1 and 2.
案例：
2003年8月，天津的A公司为了满足中秋节市场上对月饼的需求，打算购入一批月饼。A公司业务员通过网络搜寻，发现海南的B公司有货，且价格适中，于是通过电子邮件的形式与B公司销售人员多次进行信息往来。2003年8月24日，双方就月饼买卖的规格、价格、数量、付款等事项通过电子邮件达成协议，其中交货日期为2003年9月10日以前。
正当B公司销售人员准备组织货源时，B公司销售部经理却认为仅凭电子邮件形式，很难说合同已经有效成立，于是告知销售人员将电子邮件的内容打印出来，签字后用特快专递寄到天津让买方A公司签字。销售人员按照指令，在2003年8月27日发出特快专递，注明“本函为对以往电子邮件内容的确认，如欲订立合同，请于五日内，签字后同样以特快专递形式将本函寄回至我处，过期不候”。
A公司于8月29日收到专递后，立即在上面签字盖章，并在当日通过特快专递将确认函寄回海南。按照特快专递的正常速度，两日之内应当到达海南，但由于南方各航班因暴雨而延误，直到2003年9月4日才送至卖方B公司。B公司收到确认函后认为，有效日期已过，加上中秋时节客户很多，便不再理睬此事。2003年9月10日，A公司督促B公司履行交货义务，但B公司认为，合同并未成立。2003年9月12日中秋节后，A公司以B公司违约为由将其告上法庭，请求损害赔偿。
本案例纯属虚构，如有雷同，纯属巧合。
Case:
In October 2003, Company A, based in Tianjin, intended to purchase a batch of mooncakes to fulfill the demands for the coming Mid-autumn Day. A clerk from Company A searched the Internet and found Company B (In Hainan) has mooncakes in stock with reasonable price. He contacted Company B through email for some time. On 24th October 2003, the two companies set up a email agreement, stating the details such as prices, specifications, quantity and payment, etc.
The delivery date should be before 10th, September, 2003.
When people in Company B were preparing the goods, the sales manager noted that an email could not be a contract. So he asked a sales person to printed the email, signed it and sent to Company A by Express. The sales person, as ordered, sent out the printed email on 27th, October 2003, with a message “This is an acknowledgement of the agreement. Please sign and send back within 2 days in purpose of setting up the purchasing contract.”
Company A received the Express on 29th, October, signed and sealed at once and sent it back by express on the same day. Normally, the express should arrived by Hainan in 2 days. However, the flight was delayed by a storm and the express company didn’t send the acknowledgement to Company B until 4th, September, 2003. Since the late arrival of the acknowledgement and the increase of the number of customers, Company B left the acknowledgement aside, paying no attention. On 10, September 2003, Company A urged Company B to deliver the goods, while Company B didn’t think there was a contract ever. On, 12 September 2003, after the Mid-autumn Festival, Company A took Company B to the court for breach of contract, asking for remedy.
The information in this case study is purely fictitious and has been prepared for
assessment purposes only.
Any resemblance to any organization or person is purely coincidental.
问题 QUESTIONS
第1题和第2题与案例相关，应根据案例进行回答。
Questions 1 and 2 relate to the case study and should be answered in context of the information provided.
1. 分析B公司是否应该承担违约责任。（25分）
Analyse if Company B should take the responsibility for the breach of contract.
2. 解释不可抗力的概念和范围；本案例中的暴雨事件对快递公司和B公司有何影响？
（25分）Explain the concept and scope of “force majeure”. What impact does the storm have on the express company and on Company B?