§2-616. Procedure on notice claiming excuse
(1). Where the buyer receives notification of a material or indefinite delay or an allocation justified under section 2‑615, he may by written notification to the seller as to any delivery concerned, and where the prospective deficiency substantially impairs the value of the whole contract under the provisions of this Article relating to breach of installment contracts (section 2‑612), then also as to the whole
(a). Terminate and thereby discharge any unexecuted portion of the contract; or
(b). Modify the contract by agreeing to take his available quota in substitution.
(2). If after receipt of such notification from the seller the buyer fails so to modify the contract within a reasonable time not exceeding 30 days, the contract lapses with respect to any deliveries affected.
(3). The provisions of this section may not be negated by agreement except in so far as the seller has assumed a greater obligation under section 2‑615.
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 11: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
Part 6: BREACH, REPUDIATION AND EXCUSE
11 §2-601. Buyer's rights on improper delivery
11 §2-602. Manner and effect of rightful rejection
11 §2-603. Merchant buyer's duties as to rightfully rejected goods
11 §2-604. Buyer's options as to salvage of rightfully rejected goods
11 §2-605. Waiver of buyer's objections by failure to particularize
11 §2-606. What constitutes acceptance of goods
11 §2-608. Revocation of acceptance in whole or in part
11 §2-609. Right to adequate assurance of performance
11 §2-610. Anticipatory repudiation
11 §2-611. Retraction of anticipatory repudiation
11 §2-612. "Installment contract"; breach
11 §2-613. Casualty to identified goods
11 §2-614. Substituted performance