Trade/Business Transactions Law

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Trade/Business Transactions Law

PIL Conventions to Which the U.S. is a Party

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) Vienna, 1980
Text at United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958)
Text (at UNCITRAL)

OAS Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (Panama City, 1975)
Text (at OAS)

PIL Conventions -- U.S. Ratification Under Consideration

UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing (Ottawa, 1988)
Text (at UNIDROIT)

UNIDROIT Convention on International Factoring (Ottawa, 1988)
Text (at UNIDROIT)

United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissary Notes (New York, 1988)
Text (at UNCITRAL)

United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit (New York, 1995)
Text (at UNCITRAL)

Other PIL Conventions of Note (U.S. is not a party; not under active consideration for ratification)

United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg, 1978)
Text (at UNCITRAL)

OAS Convention on the International Carriage of Goods by Road (Montevideo, 1989)
[Text not yet available on line]

United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade (Vienna, 1991)
Text (at UNCITRAL)

UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (Rome, 1995)
Text (at UNIDROIT)

Other PIL Instruments and Work in Progress (by subject)
Arbitration and Mediation
Completed Rules, Model Laws, Legal Guides

UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings (1996) (at UNCITRAL)

UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985) (at UNCITRAL)

UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules (1980) (at UNCITRAL)

UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (1976) (at UNCITRAL)

Documents on International Projects in Progress

Note by UNCITRAL Secretariat, International Commercial Arbitration: Possible Future Work in the Area of International Commmercial Arbitration (at UNCITRAL)

Banking
Completed Rules, Model Laws, Legal Guides

UNCITRAL Model Law on International Credit Transfers (1992) (at UNCITRAL)

Contracts/Sales of Goods/Procurement
Completed Rules, Model Laws, Legal Guides

UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services, with Guide to Enactment (1994) (at UNCITRAL)

Text of the integral version of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts ("black letter rules" and comments) (1994) (at UNIDROIT)

Select bibliography on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (1998) (at UNIDROIT)

Documents on International Projects in Progress

First session of the Working Group for the preparation of a second enlarged edition of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (March 1998) (at UNIDROIT)

Cross-Border Insolvency/Assignment of Claims
Completed Rules, Model Laws, Legal Guides

UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (1997) (at UNCITRAL)

Guide to Enactment of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (1997), UNCITRAL Document No. A/CN.9/442 (at UNCITRAL)

Electronic Commerce
Completed Rules, Model Laws, Legal Guides

UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce (1996) with Guide to Enactment (at UNCITRAL)

Documents on International Projects in Progress

Report of the Working Group on Electronic Commerce on the Work of the Thirty-Third session (New York, 29 June - 10 July 1998), UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/454 (August 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Draft Uniform Rules on Electronic Signatures, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/WG.IV/WP.79 (November 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Electronic Signatures, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/WG.IV/WP.80 (December 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Report of the Working Group on Electronic Commerce on the Work of the Thirty-Fourth Session (Vienna, 8-19 February 1999), UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/457 (at UNCITRAL)

Press Release of Geneva Roundtable on Electronic Commerce and Private International Law (at the Hague Conference)

Equipment Financing
Documents on International Projects in Progress

Preliminary draft UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (June 1998) (at UNIDROIT)

Preliminary draft Protocol to the Preliminary draft UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment (June 1998) (at UNIDROIT)

Project Finance
Documents on International Projects in Progress

Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects - Draft chapters of a legislative guide on privately financed infrastructure projects, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/444 (April 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects - Draft chapters of a legislative guide on privately financed infrastructure projects - Introduction and Background Information, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/444/Add.1 (April 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects - Draft chapters of a legislative guide on privately financed infrastructure projects - Chapter I. General Legislative Considerations, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/444/Add.2 (April 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects - Draft chapters of a legislative guide on privately financed infrastructure projects - Chapter II. Sector Structure and Regulation, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/444/Add.3 (April 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects - Draft chapters of a legislative guide on privately financed infrastructure projects - Chapter III. Selection of the Concessionaire, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/444/Add.4 (April 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects - Draft chapters of a legislative guide on privately financed infrastructure projects - Chapter IV. Conclusion and General Terms of the Project Agreement, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/444/Add.5 (April 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Receivables Financing
Documents on International Projects in Progress

Revised articles of draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing: remarks and suggestions, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.98 (July 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Group of experts report prepared by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.99 (July 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Proposal by the United States of America, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.100 -- (July 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the Work of its twenty-ninth session, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/455 (October 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Revised articles of draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing: remarks and suggestions, UNCITRAL Document A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.102 (January 1999) (at UNCITRAL)

UNCITRAL Draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing -- unofficial document (January 1999) (at UNCITRAL)

General

Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT) (at UNCITRAL)

Bibliography of Recent Writings Related to the Work of UNCITRAL, Document A/CN.9/452 (March 1998) (at UNCITRAL)

Consolidation of Bibliographies Related to the Work of UNCITRAL (May 1993 to March 1997) (at UNCITRAL)

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