LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
1980 Vienna Diplomatic Conference

60	Article 56 [became CISG article 60 ]

A. UNCITRAL text

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

"Article 56 [became CISG article 60 ]

"The buyer's obligation to take delivery consists:

"(a) in doing all the acts which could reasonably be expected of him in order to enable the seller to make delivery; and

"(b) in taking over the goods."

[Go to Secretariat Commentary on the above text]

2. No amendments were submitted to this article.

C. Proceedings in the First Committee

(i) Meetings

3. The First Committee considered this article at its 25th meeting on 27 March 1980 [see also 37th meeting of First Committee].

(ii) Consideration

4. At the 25th meeting, the UNCITRAL text was adopted.

[For subsequent Conference material on the development/approval of the final text of CISG article 60, 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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