CISG
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
1980 Vienna Diplomatic Conference
[Outline of committee proceedings]
Document A/CONF.97/11 [Original: English 7 April 1980]
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A. UNCITRAL text [1978 draft]
B. Amendments
C. Proceedings in the First Committee
D. Subsequent proceedings
E. Overview comments
1. The text of the [1978 draft of the ] United Nations Commission on International Trade Law provided as follows:
"Article 30 [became CISG article 32 ]
"(1) If the seller is bound to hand the goods over to a carrier and if the goods are not clearly marked with an address or are not otherwise identified to the contract, the seller must send the buyer a notice of the consignment which specifies the goods.
"(2) If the seller is bound to arrange for carriage of the goods, he must make such contracts as are necessary for the carriage to the place fixed by means of transportation which are appropriate in the circumstances and according to the usual terms for such transportation.
"(3) If the seller is not bound to effect insurance in respect of the carriage of the goods, he must provide the buyer, at his request, with all available information necessary to enable him to effect such insurance."
[Go to Secretariat Commentary on the above text]
[See also pre-Conference observations and proposals by Governments and International Organizations]
2. An amendment was submitted to article 30 [became CISG article 32 ] by Australia (A/CONF.97/C.1/L.101).
3. This amendment was to the following effect:
Australia (A/CONF.97/C.1/L.101):
[Adopted and referred to Drafting Committee: see Consideration, 5, below.]
C. Proceedings in the First Committee
(i) Meetings
4. The First Committee considered article 30 [became CISG article 32 ] at its 14th meeting on 19 March 1980 [see also 36th meeting of First Committee].(ii) Consideration
5. At the 14th meeting, the amendment by Australia (A/CONF.97/C.1/L.101) was adopted and referred to the Drafting Committee. The UNCITRAL text of article 30 [became CISG article 32 ] was adopted subject to this amendment.
[For subsequent Conference material on the development/approval of the final text of CISG article 32, 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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