Adam Warren Sep 12, 2017:

"solidaire" is usually rendered "joint & several" Meaning that for a debt or obligation, each debtor party can be required to pay the full amount of the debt or fulfil the obligation entirely.

Germaine Sep 5, 2017:

Liz, Il me semble que d'habitude, en anglais, on se contente du syntagme, genre:

This agreement made on...
Between:
A.... ; and
B.... ; and
C...
each severally but not jointly;
and :
Z...

Voir, par exemple:
www.viasat.com/sites/default/files/legacy/support/purchasin...
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879496/0000857645060...

Daryo Sep 4, 2017:

@ TechLawDC Strictly speaking the correct term is "severally responsible", not "individually responsible", no I'm not contradicting my own answer.

liz green (X) (asker) Sep 4, 2017:

Thanks everybody Thanks to all for your suggestions - I will include more context next time :)

Daryo Sep 3, 2017:

other "small bit" initially missing as if you were trying to make it as hard as possible to get it right?

"... Initiaux ..."

which means implicitly that XXX is "a new Partner", i.e. by implication that XXX is part of the same group as "the partners", and that all of them together as a group are dealing with another party YYY.

By omitting "Initiaux" you made it very easy to fall into the trap of seeing XXX as not being one of the "Partners"!

The meaning of "Initiaux" on its own is plain and simple for sure, but the difference between

Chacun des Partenaires Initiaux, et XXX ....

and

Chacun des Partenaires, et XXX ....

is more than enough to send you down a blind alley ...

writeaway Sep 3, 2017:

Thank you for the additional information I'd be tempted to go with 'are not jointly and severally liable'
No Joint and Several Liability Sample Clauses
https://www.lawinsider.com › Clauses
No Joint and Several Liability. The obligations of the Sellers set forth in this Agreement are individual to each Seller and are not joint and several, and no liability ...
Obligations Not Joint and Several Clause Uses in Master Accounts ...
https://www.lawinsider.com › Master Accounts Receivable Purchase Agreement
... it is understood and agreed that the Obligations of each Seller under the Facility Documents to which such Seller is a party are not joint and several, such that ...

liz green (X) (asker) Sep 3, 2017:

it's a contract for a research partnership

AllegroTrans Sep 3, 2017:

Thank you asker So does this contract result from a public tender?

liz green (X) (asker) Sep 3, 2017:

here's some context CONVENTION CADRE POUR LE FINANCEMENT DU PROJET --- AVEC LES PARTENAIRES INDUSTRIELS
Partenariat ---
Entre les soussignés :

1 ---,
Etablissement Public à caractère Scientifique, Culturel et Professionnel
Sise ---
Représentée par sa Présidente, ---, dûment habilité aux fins des présentes,
Ci-après désignée "---",

agissant tant pour son compte qu’au nom et pour le compte de :


---,
Etablissement public à caractère scientifique et technologique,
sis ---,
représenté par son Président-Directeur général, ---


---,
Etablissement Public à caractère Administratif
sise ---,
représentée par son Directeur Général, ---.
---, [Société] à but non lucratif

---,
Établissement public de santé, sis ---
---,

Ci-après désignés collectivement les "Partenaires Initiaux",

2 ---, société anonyme au capital de ---Euros, dont le siège social est situé---, représentée par ---, Présidente du Directoire, dûment habilitée,
Ci-après désignée "XXX"

Chacun des Partenaires Initiaux, et XXX n’étant pas solidaires.

Et,

3 [La société],
[adresse], représentée par [nom] en sa qualité de [fonction]
Ci-après désigné le "Partenaire Industriel" ou « [La société] »
Les personnes ci-dessus sont ci-après désignées en

Daryo Sep 3, 2017:

something is missing ... if

Chacun des Partenaires, et XXX ne sont pas solidaires.

it would imply that there is a another YYY party, and that all and each Partner and XXX together are severely BUT NOT jointly responsible for the fulfilment of some undefined "obligations" that they all have to YYY.

Trying to translate just a fraction of a sentence is bound to end up in tears / result in "car crash" translation ...

Some more context?

writeaway Sep 2, 2017:

agree with colleagues more context is definitely needed.

AllegroTrans Sep 2, 2017:

More context is needed... and indeed is vital: the ST speaks of liability, but liability in what regard and to whom? This is in the preceding text and we need to know more please. An obligation? a debt? something else? To the company? to a third party? The partners between themseleves in every repect?

Jackie Doble Sep 2, 2017:

it depends on the context I have power of attorney for my parents and I have joint and several decision making powers with my siblings. So liability is not necessarily the missing word..