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Avenant ou annexe: read a French contract amendment

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Read a French contract amendment and supporting annex, locating the changed deadline, unchanged price and document priority from explicit exercise clauses.

In short

An avenant records an agreed modification; an annexe is an attached document whose role depends on the contract. In this teaching dossier, the amendment changes a deadline and expressly leaves the price unchanged. Its annex supplies a delivery list and is expressly prevented from changing that date or price.

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Read the clauses that specify what the amendment changes and what its annex adds. Illustration: Atelier

Avenant n° 1 · Dossier fictif

Parties et objet

L’atelier Rivage et la société Orme conviennent de modifier le contrat fictif signé le 2 avril 2027, relatif à la réalisation de supports de présentation.

Article 1 · Délai de remise

La date de remise prévue à l’article 4 du contrat est reportée du 20 mai 2027 au 3 juin 2027. Cette nouvelle date remplace la date initiale.

Article 2 · Prix

Le prix total prévu au contrat demeure inchangé. Le présent avenant n’autorise aucune majoration.

Article 3 · Annexe jointe

L’annexe A détaille les éléments à remettre. Elle ne modifie ni la date fixée à l’article 1 du présent avenant ni le prix maintenu à l’article 2. En cas de divergence sur ces deux points, les articles 1 et 2 du présent avenant prévalent.

Article 4 · Autres stipulations

Les autres stipulations du contrat ne sont pas modifiées par le présent avenant. Les deux parties déclarent accepter les modifications ci-dessus.

Annexe A · Éléments attendus

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Présentation numérique1 fichier

Fiche récapitulative2 versions : écran et impression

Cette liste précise le contenu de la remise. Elle ne fixe aucun supplément de prix.

Hypothetical reading exercise. The clauses themselves supply the interpretation; no real contract or jurisdiction is represented.
Question 1No account needed
What is the new delivery date in this dossier?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

3 juin 2027.. Article 1 expressly replaces 20 May with 3 June.

Question 2No account needed
What happens to the agreed total price?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

It remains unchanged.. Article 2 expressly maintains it and excludes a surcharge.

Question 3No account needed
What does annex A supply?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

The list of deliverables.. Article 3 and the annex identify its descriptive role.

Question 4No account needed
Which text prevails if the annex conflicts about date or price?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Articles 1 and 2 of this amendment.. Article 3 supplies this priority for those two points.

Question 5No account needed
Does this exercise prove that annexes can never have contractual force?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

No; the supplied clauses define this annex’s role only.. The page makes a document-specific distinction, not a universal legal rule.

Question 6No account needed
What does “demeure inchangé” mean here?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Remains unchanged.. It concerns the maintained amount, not payment status.

Question 7No account needed
What does “reportée du 20 mai au 3 juin” express?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

A postponement from the earlier to the later date.. The du…au… construction gives the replaced and replacement dates.

Question 8No account needed
Are all other contract provisions rewritten by this amendment?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

No; article 4 says they are not modified here.. Read the stated scope rather than infer a complete replacement.

Read the verbs that define the change

Modifier identifies a change; reporter and proroger can concern a later deadline; demeurer inchangé preserves a provision. Prévaloir marks priority where the text supplies it. These words are useful, but each needs its object: a postponed delivery date does not itself prove a changed price or completed delivery.

Locate the evidence before summarising
QuestionEvidence here
What changes?Article 1: delivery deadline.
What stays fixed?Article 2: total price; article 4: other provisions.
What does the annex add?A deliverable list.
How is a date/price conflict resolved?Article 3 expressly gives the amendment’s articles 1 and 2 priority.

A precise summary would say: L’avenant reporte la remise au 3 juin sans modifier le prix ; l’annexe détaille les supports attendus. That statement captures this dossier. For a real contract, read its incorporation, priority and modification clauses before assigning the same role to an attached document.

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