To understand the difference between signing a contract and entering into force a contract, there are two important concepts: the validity date and the date of execution. There are some interesting legal points that arise from the ability to have a date backdated. It seems easy, but what date to write about a contract, and how to interpret the data, often raises some fragile. There are a number of data that may appear in contracts. This usually includes: for example, certain contracts, such as . B shareholder contracts, terminate when a shareholder ceases to hold shares in a company. In addition, a contract is considered valid only if all the necessary parties sign it. If z.B. the lease deadline is September 1, but today is September 3 and the necessary parties have not signed the contract, it is invalid.

The effective date of the contract is designated as the effective date (or effective contract) that may differ from the date of execution. This date cannot be set before the execution date, i.e. a contract can only be in effect after all parties have signed it. By signing the contract, all parties declare that they agree on the effective date. I have never seen that question asked. A contract is dated from a date in the text of the contract, the customer signs it and sets the current date two weeks later. Due to the construction of the site to be protected, the work will be completed three months later. The customer then makes the first payment for the monthly monitoring and rental fee. It is important to remember that the retrodedatation of the defined validity date is not the same as the retrodedation of the contract itself. The retro-relationship of a contract may constitute a criminal offence and a violation of the rules governing the professional conduct of lawyers. Often, a contract is entered into and dated on the day of the last signing (as explained above), but contains a different and defined "effective date" indicating when some or all of the parties` obligations must begin. This date may be in the future or in the past - whether a treaty can create or confirm rights related to past events is a matter of interpretation.