CISG Article 20 ULF Article 8(2)
1. A period of time for acceptance If a time for acceptance is
fixed by the offeror in a telegram fixed by an offeror in a letter
or a letter begins to run from the or in a telegram, it shall be
moment the telegram is handed presumed to begin to run from
in for dispatch or from the date the day the letter was dated or
shown on the letter or, if no such the hour of the day the telegram
date is shown, from the date was handed in for dispatch.
shown on the envelope. A
period of time for acceptance
fixed by the offeror by telephone,
telex or other means of instantaneous
communication, begins to run from
the moment that the offer reaches
the offeree.
2. Official holidays or non-business
days occurring during the period
for acceptance are included in
calculating the period. However,
if a notice of acceptance cannot
be delivered at the address of the
offeror on the last day of the period
because that day falls on an official
holiday or a non-business day at the
place of business of the offeror, the
period is extended until the first
business day which follows.
Paragraph (1) of CISG Article 20 is derived from Article 8(2) of ULF. Paragraph (2) is derived from a Secretariat proposal based on Article 2(2) of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, as modified by an UNCITRAL Working Group. Farnsworth in Commentary on the International Sales Law, Bianca/Bonell eds. (Guiffrè: Milan 1987) 185-186.
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