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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Legislative history of CISG article 10:
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

       1978 Draft article 9                              CISG article 10 

For the purposes of this Convention:        For the purposes of this Convention:  

(a)if a party has more than one place       (a)if a party has more than one place 
   of business, the place of business          of business, the place of business   
   is that which has the closest re-           is that which has the closest re-  
   lationship to the contract and its          lationship to the contract and its 
   performance, having regard to the           performance, having regard to the  
   circumstances known to or con-              circumstances known to or con-     
   templated by the parties at any             templated by the parties at any     
   time before or at the conclusion of         time before or at the conclusion of  
   the contract;                               the contract;                        

(b)if a party does not have a place of      (b)if a party does not have a place of
   business, reference is to be made to        business, reference is to be made to 
   his habitual residence.                     his habitual residence.               


Editorial comments
Article 9 of the 1978 Draft and CISG article 10 are identical.  The
Secretariat Commentary on 1978 Draft article 9 should therefore be relevant
to the interpretation of CISG article 10.

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