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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Legislative history of CISG article 3: 
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary
  
       1978 Draft article 3                        CISG article 3
                                                    
(2)Contracts for the supply of goods to  (1)Contracts for the supply of goods to   
   be manufactured or produced are to       be manufactured or produced are to       
   be considered sales unless the party     be considered sales unless the party    
   who orders the goods undertakes to       who orders the goods undertakes to       
   supply a substantial part of the         supply a substantial part of the        
   materials necessary for such manu-       materials necessary for such manu-       
   facture or production.                   facture or production.                            
                                                                                                                                  
(1)This Convention does not apply to     (2)This Convention does not apply to   
   contracts in which the preponder-        contracts in which the preponder-     
   ant part of the obligations of the       ant part of the obligations of the   
   seller consists in the supply of         party who furnishes the goods, con- 
   labour or other services.                sists in the supply of labour or     
                                            other services.           
   

Editorial comments
There is no substantive difference between CISG article 3 and 1978
Draft article 3.  The order of the paragraphs has been reversed and CISG
article 3 refers to "the obligations of the party who furnishes the goods"
rather than "the obligations of the seller".  Other than that, these
provisions are identical.  The Secretariat Commentary on 1978 Draft article
3 should therefore be relevant to the interpretation of CISG article 3.

To examine 1978 Draft provisions in context, go to the full-text of the 1978 Draft || To examine CISG provisions in context, go to the full text of the CISG