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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Legislative history of CISG article 57:
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

    1978 Draft article 53                         CISG article 57 

(1)If the buyer is not bound to pay        (1)If the buyer is not bound to pay     
   the price at any other particular          the price at any other particular    
   place, he must pay it to the seller:       place, he must pay it to the seller:

   (a)at the seller's place of                (a)at the seller's place of    
      business; or                               business; or            

   (b)if the payment is to be made            (b)if the payment is to be made  
      against the handing over of                against the handing over of  
      the goods or of documents,                 the goods or of documents, 
      at the place where the                     at the place where the   
      handing over takes place.                  handing over takes place.    

(2)The seller must bear any increase       (2)The seller must bear any increase 
   in the expenses incidental to              in the expenses incidental to    
   payment which is caused by a               payment which is caused by a    
   change in the place of business of         change in his place of business 
   the seller subsequent to the               subsequent to the conclusion of  
   conclusion of the contract.                the contract.    


Editorial comments
CISG article 57 is identical to 1978 Draft article 53 except for the
reference to "his place of business" in paragraph (2) rather than "the place
of business of the seller".  The Secretariat Commentary on 1978 Draft
article 53 should therefore be relevant to the interpretation of CISG
article 57.

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