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甲公司拟购买一台大型生产设备,于2007年6月1日与乙公司签订一份价值为80万元的生产设备买卖合同。合同约定:
(1)设备直接由乙公司的特约生产服务商丙机械厂于9月1日交付给甲公司;
(2)甲公司于6月10日向乙公司交付定金16万元;
(3)甲公司于设备交付之日起10日内付清货款;
(4)合同履行过程中,如发生合同纠纷,向某市仲裁委员会申请仲裁。
合同签订后,丙机械厂同意履行该合同为其约定的交货义务。
6月10日,甲公司向乙公司交付定金16万元。
9月1日,丙机械厂未向甲公司交付设备。甲公司催告丙机械厂,限其在9月20日之前交付设备,并将履约情况告知乙公司。至9月20日,丙机械厂仍未能交付设备。因生产任务紧急,甲公司于9月30日另行购买了功能相同的替代设备,并于当天通知乙公司解除合同,要求乙公司双倍返还定金32万元,同时赔偿其他损失。乙公司以丙机械厂未能按期交付设备,致使合同不能履行,应由丙机械厂承担违约责任为由,拒绝了甲公司的要求。
10月10日,甲公司就此纠纷向法院提起诉讼。
要求:根据上述情况和合同法、担保法、仲裁法等法律制度的有关规定,回答下列问题。

甲公司与乙公司约定的定金条款是否符合法律规定说明理由。

答案

参考答案:甲公司与乙公司约定的定金条款符合法律规定。根据规定,定金的数额由当事人约定,但不得超过主合同标的额的20%。本题中,主合同标的额为80万元,其20%为16万元,约定的定金未超过该标准,因此是符合规定的。

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     A simple water pump is helping to improve the lives of poor families in several Asian and African countries. 

     The treadle pump (脚踏抽水机) is based on a design developed in the 1970s by Norwegian engineer Gunnar

Barnes. It can be made locally and easy to build from bamboo or other wood and two metal cylinders (圆筒)

with pistons (活塞). The pistons go up and down as a person stands on lever (控制杆) devices, treadles, and

uses a natural walking motion.

     How many hours a day the pump needs to be operated depends on the season and how much water is

needed for crops. It could be two hours a day or seven hours a day. Small children sometimes stand with their

parents on the treadles. Everyone in the family can take turns operating the pump.

     Families using them ate more vegetables, because they were able to grow more to eat and to sell. Many of

these families also drank more milk, because they bought a cow with their added earnings. Men with treadle

pumps often no longer have to leave the farm to seek extra work in cities. The pumps can also improve

education. Farmers often use their extra earnings to buy books for their children or to pay for schooling.

     A farmer in Zambia said he hoped to have enough money in three years, to buy a diesel-powered pump.

Then he could grow more crops over a larger area. But the world economic crisis has had an effect on some

farmers. Even some who were able to buy diesel pumps now do not have enough money to buy fuel. So they

are using their treadle pumps again.