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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Legislative history of CISG article 6: 
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

      1978 Draft article 5                    CISG article 6 

The parties may exclude the appli-      The parties may exclude the appli-    
cation of this Convention or, subject   cation of this Convention or, subject 
to article 11, derogate from or vary    to article 12, derogate from or vary  
the effect of any of its provisions.    the effect of any of its provisions.   


Editorial comments
CISG article 6 and 1978 Draft article 5 are identical except to conform
the article reference to the new sequence.  The Secretariat Commentary  on
1978 Draft  article 5 should therefore be relevant to the interpretation of
CISG article 6.

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