LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
1980 Vienna Diplomatic Conference

24	Article 22 [became CISG article 24 ]

A. UNCITRAL text

I. The text [of the 1978 draft ] of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law provided as follows:

"Article 22 [became CISG article 24 ]

"For the purposes of Part II of this Convention an offer, declaration of acceptance or any other indication of intention "reaches" the adressee when it is made orally to him or delivered by any other means to him, his place of business or mailing address, or, if he does not have a place of business or mailing address, to his habitual residence."

[Go to Secretariat Commentary on the above text]

B. Amendments

2. No amendments were submitted to this article.

C. Proceedings in the First Committee

(i) Meetings

3. The First Committee considered article [22] [became CISG article 24 ] at its 11th meeting on 18 March 1980 [see also 35th meeting of First Committee].

(ii) Consideration

4. At the 11th meeting, the UNCITRAL text was adopted.

[For subsequent Conference material on the development/approval of the final text of CISG article 24, go to Plenary Conference 7th meeting]

[English translation of report on the significance of the deliberations on this article at the Diplomatic Conference: prepared by Peter Schlechtriem, based on notes taken at the conference and published shortly thereafter]

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