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ANNOTATED TEXT OF CISG
Article 93
(1) If a Contracting State has two or more territorial units in which,
according to its constitution, different systems of law are applicable in
relation to the matters dealt with in this Convention, it may, at the time
of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, declare that
this Convention is to extend to all its territorial units or only to one or
more of them, and may amend its declaration by submitting another
declaration at any time.
(2) These declarations are to be notified to the depositary and are to
state expressly the territorial units to which the Convention extends.
(3) If, by virtue of a declaration under this article, this Convention
extends to one or more but not all of the territorial units of a
Contracting State, and if the place of business of a party is located in
that State, this place of business, for the purposes of this Convention, is
considered not to be in a Contracting State, unless it is in a territorial
unit to which the Convention extends.
(4) If a Contracting State makes no declaration under paragraph (1) of this
article, the Convention is to extend to all territorial units of that
State.
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Legislative history
Case law
- CASES INVOLVING CISG ARTICLE 93
- See cases on reservations and declarations:
- United States 19 August 2010 Federal District Court [Arkansas] (Electrocraft Arkansas, Inc. v. Super Electric Motors, Ltd and Raymond O’Gara, Individually and as Partner and Agent of Super Electric Motors, Ltd)
- United States 20 October 2010 Federal District Court [Eastern District of Tennessee] (America's Collectibles Network, Inc., d/b/a Jewelry Television, and BBJ Bangkok, Ltd. v. Timlly (HK), Timlly BBK Co., Ltd., Sunil Ratwani, and Sanjay Punjabi)
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- See also:
Scholarly writings on this article
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- Selected monographs and anthologies
Comments on Article 93 by Malcolm Evans in 1987 Bianca-Bonell Commentary on the International Sales Law
Comments on Article 93 by John O. Honnold [U.S.] in the 3rd ed. (1999) of the most frequently cited text on the CISG: Uniform Law for International Sales
Comments on Article 93 in December 2000 text by Joseph Lookofsky [Denmark / U.S.]
Citations to selected material in other texts (English language)
Selected law journal articles and other commentaries
- Franco Ferrari [Italy], What Sources of Law for Contracts for the International Sale of Goods? Why One Has to Look Beyond the CISG, 25 International Review of Law and Economics (September 2005) 320-321
- Harry M. Flechtner [U.S.], excerpt from The Several Texts of the CISG in a Decentralized System: Observations on Translations, Reservations and other Challenges to the Uniformity Principle in Article 7(1), 17 Journal of Law and Commerce (1998) 187-217
- Ulrich G. Schroeter [Germany], Backbone or Backyard of the Convention? The CISG's Final Provisions, in: Camilla B. Andersen / Ulrich G. Schroeter eds., Sharing International Commercial Law across National Boundaries: Festschrift for Albert H. Kritzer on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing (March 2008) 425-469
- Supplementary list of citations to Article 93 commentaries: Unilex citations*
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