An annex should not be confused with a supplementary agreement. These are used to modify or extend the terms of a contract already concluded. Attachments are often used for practical reasons; e.B. for large orders. Often, there are also more technical reasons – these may be, for example, price lists, license terms, schedules, advertising material, and product descriptions. They are therefore often used in complex and technical agreements – e.B. large purchase and sale contracts. If the Annex is not included in the text of the Agreement, it risks losing its legal significance. Using Contractbook, you can automatically attach one or more attachments to your contract. In this way, the documents are stored digitally together and there is no doubt about the legal status of the attachment.

The following is a brief introduction to an appendix to a contract. The most important thing is that the annex is included and described in the text of the main agreement. The most important aspect of an annex is that it is written in the text, that is, described in the text of the agreement. This can be done using a list of attachments. First of all, it is necessary to include the annex in the agreement and to ensure that the annex does not disappear from the agreement. In this way, there can be no doubt as to whether the document was known at the time the agreement was concluded. However, there are other purposes for an appendix. They are sometimes used to add some form of documentation of the agreement process. In other cases, it may be specified how the agreement is to be interpreted. A contract attachment is one or more documents that constitute an immediate renewal of a contract. Sometimes a contract can be very short, e.B. if it is drafted according to a framework agreement or if it is a copy of a previous contract.

An annex has no fixed meaning in contract law – only after it has been enshrined and included in the main agreement to which it relates. .