Question juridique clé
Whether the buyer could withdraw from the pre-contract without granting a further period to perform
Solution extraite
Yes. The email of 19 March 2008 allowed the buyer, in good faith, to assume that performance would definitively fail, making a reminder and grace period futile.
Motifs extraits
The seller stated only two remaining options: buy without the co-owned unit or abandon the purchase and recover the EUR 2.9 million. Nothing indicated that a later payment promise could still enable the repurchase.