LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
1980 Vienna Diplomatic Conference

91	Article [F] [became CISG article 91 ] Signature, Ratification, Acceptance, Approval, Accession

A. Text by the Secretary-General

1. The text prepared by the Secretary-General provided as follows:

"Article F [became CISG article 91 ] -- Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession

"(1) This Convention is open for signature at the concluding meeting of the Conference on . . . and shall remain open for signature at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, until . . .

"(2) This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States.

"(3) This Convention shall be open for accession by all States which are not signatory States.

"(4) Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval and accession shall be deposited with the depositary."

B. Amendments

2. No amendments were submitted.

C. Proceedings in the Second Committee

(i) Meetings

3. The Second Committee considered the article on "Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession" at its [2nd meeting and 4th meeting] on 18 March and 24 March 1980.

(ii) Consideration

4. The Second Committee decided that the Convention remain open for signature by all States at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, until 30 September 1981. The Committee approved a suggestion by the Secretariat that the words "at any time" be added after "signatory States" at the end of paragraph 3. The Committee approved an oral amendment by Canada to replace the word "depositary" by the words "Secretary-General of the United Nations" at the end of paragraph 4.

[For subsequent Conference material on the development/approval of the final text of CISG article 91, go to Plenary Conference 11th meeting]

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