[Comment] § 5.6 — Support time-based cancellation penalties and contractual conditions #85

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1. clerongi

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   commentGeneral comment on the draftGeneral comment on the draft

   on Oct 22, 2026
2. KonstantinMirin commented on Oct 22, 2026

   

   KonstantinMirin

   on Oct 22, 2026

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   Postindustria (IAB Tech Lab member) supports #85. Our change request on cancellation and exclusivity options proposes fee[] tiers and takes the step schedule from #85. Each cancellation_policy option also gets notice_period, max_share for partial cancellation, and periods[]. Completed production work (§ 5.4) stays owed, which is #85's non-refundable production cost (#78, printing and production for physical OOH).

   #85's steps at 60, 30, and 7 days as a tier list, with example rates:

   fee:
     - { before_start: P60D, basis: none }
     - { before_start: P30D, basis: cancelled, rate: 0.25 }
     - { before_start: P7D,  basis: cancelled, rate: 0.5 }
     - { before_start: P0D,  basis: cancelled, rate: 1.0 }

   before_start counts from notice received to the flight start. The entry with the longest before_start that the notice meets applies, so cancelling 45 days before the start costs 25% of the cancelled amount. The selected option is part of the agreed record (our binding-record filing, record_digest (#63)), and exercise runs downstream (our agreed-baseline comment (#68)).

   Open questions:

   1. Should a percentage penalty apply to the cancelled amount (basis: cancelled), as in our example, or to the whole commitment (basis: commitment), and which of the two do OOH contracts usually state?
   2. Should before_start count from notice received, as we propose, or from notice sent?
   3. Should production that is ordered but not completed by the effective date, such as printing already sent to the printer (printing, installation, and removal for physical OOH (#78)), also stay owed, or only completed work, as our change request on cancellation and exclusivity options proposes?
   4. Whether a fee should replace moving the effective date when notice arrives late is asked in our change request on cancellation and exclusivity options.
   5. Is the selected option in the agreed record (record_digest for the binding record (#63)) enough to identify the accepted conditions, or should it also point to the legal terms that terms_ref (relationship and contract references (#27), draft PR for terms_ref and agreement_ref (#75)) pins?

   Analyzed and generated with the help of Claude, fully reviewed by me.
3. Sirajmx

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   section:5.6-commercial

   on Oct 23, 2026