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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Legislative history of CISG article 31:
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

       1978 Draft article 29                           CISG article 31 

If the seller is not bound to deliver the  If the seller is not bound to deliver the  
goods at any other particular place, his   goods at any other particular place, his     
obligation to deliver consists:            obligation to deliver consists:            

(a)if the contract of sale involves car-  (a)if the contract of sale involves car- 
   riage of the goods -- in handing the      riage of the goods -- in handing the       
   goods over to the first carrier for       goods over to the first carrier for    
   transmission to the buyer;                transmission to the buyer;            

(b)if, in cases not within the preceding  (b)if, in cases not within the preceding 
   subparagraph, the contract relates        subparagraph, the contract relates      
   to specific goods, or unidentified        to specific goods, or unidentified     
   goods to be drawn from a specific         goods to be drawn from a specific     
   stock or to be manufactured or pro-       stock or to be manufactured or pro-   
   duced, and at the time of the con-        duced, and at the time of the con-    
   clusion of the contract the parties       clusion of the contract the parties  
   knew that the goods were at, or           knew that the goods were at, or     
   were to be manufactured or pro-           were to be manufactured or pro-    
   duced at, a particular place -- in        duced at, a particular place -- in    
   placing the goods at the buyer's dis-     placing the goods at the buyer's dis- 
   posal at that place;                      posal at that place;                  

(c)in other cases -- in placing the goods    (c)in other cases -- in placing the goods   
   at the buyer's disposal at the place      at the buyer's disposal at the place     
   where the seller had his place of         where the seller had his place of         
   business at the time of the conclu-       business at the time of the conclu-   
   sion of the contract.                     sion of the contract.                


Editorial comments
CISG article 31 and 1978 Draft article 29 are identical.  The Secretariat
Commentary on 1978 Draft article 29 should therefore be relevant to the
interpretation of CISG article 31.

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