FIDIC İNŞAAT SÖZLEŞMELERİNDE TALEP BİLDİRİMLERİ KITA AVRUPASI HUKUKU VE ANGLO-SAKSON HUKUKU MUKAYESESİ

Öz

Günümüzde en yaygın kullanılan inşaat sözleşmesi formları FIDIC tarafından hazırlananlardır. Bu formlarda yer alan en önemli hükümlerden biri talep prosedürüne ilişkin hükümler olup, bir talebin zamanında ve usulüne uygun olarak karşı tarafa bildirilmesi bu prosedürün ilk adımıdır. Böyle bir bildirimde bulunulmaması hâlinde ise sözleşme tarafları ek süre ve/veya ek ücret hakkından mahrum kalacaklardır. Hukuk literatüründe Kıta Avrupası perspektifinden bu gibi önemli bir hükmü inceleyen çalışmaların şaşırtıcı şekilde ender olduğunu gözlemliyoruz. Hâl böyle olunca çalışmamızdaki esas hedefimiz bu eksikliği elimizden geldiğince gidermektir. İlk bölümde FIDIC sözleşmeleri hakkında genel bir açıklama yapacağız. Ardından, inşaat sektöründe uyuşmazlıkların çoğunlukla bildirim hükümlerine aykırılıktan doğduğunu düşünerek, bir talep bildiriminin geçerliliği için FIDIC sözleşmelerinde öngörülen şekil ve süre düzenlemeleri üzerinde duracağız. Nihayet, bildirim hükümlerinin katı bir şekilde uygulanmasının önüne geçmek için kullanılabilecek argümanları saptayacağız. Bu değerlendirmeyi yaparken, Kıta Avrupası ve Anglo-Sakson hukuk sistemlerinden güncel yargı kararlarına başvuracağız.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İnşaat Sözleşmeleri
• FIDIC
• Talep
• Talep Bildirimleri

CLAIM NOTICES UNDER THE FIDIC CONTRACTS: A COMPARISON OF THE CIVIL LAW AND COMMON LAW PERSPECTIVES

Öz

The FIDIC family of contract templates is leading in the construction industry at this point in time. An essential provision in those templates regards the claim procedure for additional time or money, the first step of which is notification of claims in a timely and duly manner. Non-compliance with notice requirements will otherwise deprive contracting parties of their right to additional time or money. Surprisingly, sources in legal literature regarding such an essential provision are still few and far between when it comes to civil law countries. As such, our main aim in this article is to fill this gap as much as possible. The first chapter will scrape the surface of the FIDIC standard contracts. Then, we will delve into the notice requirements, considering that disputes in the construction sector are circling around failure to comply with the notice requirements. Finally, we will determine the legal arguments available to prevent the strict application of the notice requirements. While doing this analysis, we will draw on the judgments from the civil law and common law systems.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Construction Contracts
• FIDIC
• Claim
• Claim Notices

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