LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
1980 Vienna Diplomatic Conference

53	Article 49 [became CISG article 53 ]

A. UNCITRAL text

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

"Article 49 [became CISG article 53 ]

"The buyer must pay the price for the goods and take delivery of them as required by the contract and this Convention."

[Go to Secretariat Commentary on the above text]

B. Amendments

2. No amendments were submitted to article 49 [became CISG article 53 ].

C. Proceedings in the First Committee

(i) Meetings

3. The First Committee considered article 49 [became CISG article 53 ] at its 24th meeting on 26 March 1980 [see also 37th meeting of First Committee].

(ii) Consideration

4. At the 24th meeting, the UNCITRAL text was adopted.

[For subsequent Conference material on the development/approval of the final text of CISG article 53, go to Plenary Conference 8th 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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