履行费用过高的类案研究

Study on the Cases of Excessive Performance Costs

"履行费用过高"是我国《合同法》第 110 条规定的,用以排除实际履行请求权的一项规则。但由于"履行费用过高"在立法上规定的过于笼统,导致实务中对这一条款的适用存在分歧和混乱。履行费用应是指为克服履行障碍而付出的金钱、时间、劳务等可量化成本,而不包括精神情感利益,费用过高的比较对象应是债权人的履行利益,过高的标准可以参考《合同法解释(二)》关于"明显不合理的高价"的认定标准,即超出市场价值的30%,但特殊情形下,如因债务人过错导致履行费用增加时,认定标准应适当提高。

"Excessive cost of performance"is a rule stipulated in Article 110 of the Contract Law of China to exclude the claim for actual performance.However,the legislation concept of“excessive cost of performance”is too general to implement,leading to differences and confusion in the application of this clause in practice.Performance costs shall refer to the quantifiable costs such as money,time and labor,which was paid to overcome performance obstacles,excluding mental and emotional losses.The comparison object of the high cost should be the performance interests of creditor.The comparison standard could refer to the identification standard of"obviously unreasonable high price"in The Interpretation of Contract Law(II),that is,30%more than the market value,however,under special circumstances,if the performance expenses are increased due to the fault of the debtor,the identification standard should be appropriately raised.