International Contract Practices (1981 - 2000)

Note: Working Group II interrupted its work on international contract practices at the end of its thirty-first session. A further session on issues of international contract practices was conducted by Working Group V at its twenty-third session. For further documents on this subject, please refer to the documents submitted to the 34th session of the Commission.

31 st session, 11-22 October 1999, Vienna

• A/CN.9/466 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of the thirty-first session
• A/CN.9/470 - Receivables Financing - Analytical Commentary to the draft Convention on Assignment [in Receivables Financing] [of Receivables in International Trade]
• A/CN.9/472 - Draft Convention on Assignment [in Receivables Financing] [of Receivables in International Trade] - Compilation of comments by Governments
• A/CN.9/472/Add.1 - Draft Convention on Assignment [in Receivables Financing] [of Receivables in International Trade] - Compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations
• A/CN.9/472/Add.2 - Draft Convention on Assignment [in Receivables Financing] [of Receivables in International Trade] - Compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations
• A/CN.9/472/Add.3 - Draft Convention on Assignment [in Receivables Financing] [of Receivables in International Trade] - Compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations
• A/CN.9/472/Add.4 - Draft Convention on Assignment [in Receivables Financing] [of Receivables in International Trade] - Compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations
• A/CN.9/472/Add.5 - Draft Convention on Assignment [in Receivables Financing] [of Receivables in International Trade] - Compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.103 - Provisional Agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.104 - Receivables Financing - Draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing: text with remarks and suggestions
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.105 - Receivables Financing - Commentary to the draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing (Part I)
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.106 - Receivables Financing - Commentary to the draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing (Part II)

30 th session, 1-12 March 1999, New York

• A/CN.9/456 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its thirtieth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.101 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.102 - Revised articles of draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing: remarks and suggestions
• Draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing - unofficial document

29 th session, 5-16 October 1998, Vienna

• A/CN.9/455 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its twenty-ninth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.97 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.98 - Revised articles of draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing: remarks and suggestions
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.99 - Group of experts report prepared by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.100 - Proposal by the United States of America

28 th session, 2-13 March 1998, New York

• A/CN.9/447 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its twenty-eighth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.95 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.96 - Revised articles of draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing

27 th session, 20-31 October 1997, Vienna

• A/CN.9/445 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its twenty-seventh session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.92 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.93 - Revised articles of draft Convention on Assignment in Receivables Financing
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.94 - Provisional Agenda

26 th session, 11- 22 November 1996, Vienna

• A/CN.9/434 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of the twenty-sixth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.88 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.89 - Newly revised articles of draft convention on assignment in receivables financing
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.90 - Comments of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.91 - Comments by the Observer of the Commercial Finance Association

25 th session, 8-19 July 1996, New York

• A/CN.9/432 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of the twenty-fifth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.86 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.87 - Revised articles of draft uniform rules on assignment in receivables financing

24 th session, 13-24 November 1995, Vienna

• A/CN.9/412 - Assignment in receivables financing: discussion and preliminary draft of uniform rules
• A/CN.9/420 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of the twenty-fourth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.85 - Provisional agenda

23 rd session, 9-20 January 1995, New York

• A/CN.9/408 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its twenty-third session
• A/CN.9/411 - Draft Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.84 - Provisional agenda

22 nd session, 19-30 September 1994, Vienna

• A/CN.9/405 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its twenty-second session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.82 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.83 - Note by the Secretariat on independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit; newly revised articles of the draft Convention

21 st session, 14-25 February 1994, New York

• A/CN.9/391 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its twenty-first session
• A/CN.9/396 - Draft guidelines for preparatory conferences in arbitral proceedings
• A/CN.9/396/Add.1 - Draft guidelines for preparatory conferences in arbitral proceedings
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.80 - Revision of draft articles 1 to 17: note by the Secretariat
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.81 - Provisional agenda

20 th session, 22 November - 3 December 1993, Vienna

• A/CN.9/385 - United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade
• A/CN.9/388 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its twentieth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.79 - Provisional agenda

19 th session, 22 May - 4 June 1993, New York

• A/CN.9/374 - International guaranty letters: report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its nineteenth session
• A/CN.9/374/Corr.1 - International guaranty letters: report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its nineteenth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.78 - Provisional agenda

18 th session, 30 November- 11 December 1992, Vienna

• A/CN.9/372 - Report of Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its eighteenth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.75 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.76 - Independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit: revised articles of draft Convention on international guaranty letters
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.76/Add.1 - Independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit: revised articles of draft Convention on international guaranty letters
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.77 - Independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit: proposal of the United States of America

17 th session, 6-16 April 1992, New York

• A/CN.9/361 - International guaranty letters: report of the Working Group on International Contracts Practices on the work of its seventeenth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.74 - Provisional agenda

16 th session, 4-15 November 1991, Vienna

• A/CN.9/358 - International guaranty letters: report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its sixteenth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.72 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.73, Add.1 - Independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit: tentative draft of a uniform law on international guaranty letters

15 th session, 13-24 May 1991, New York

• A/CN.9/345 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its fifthteenth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.69 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.70 - Independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit: discussion of further issues of a uniform law: fraud and other objections to payment, injunctions and other court measures
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.71 - Independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit: discussion of further issues of a uniform law: conflict of laws and jurisdiction

14 th session, 3-14 September 1990, Vienna

• A/CN.9/342 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its fourteenth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.66 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.67 - Independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit: discussion of further issues of a uniform law: fraud and other objections to payments, injunctions and other court measures
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.68 - Independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit: discussion of further issues of a uniform law: conflict of laws and jurisdiction

13 th session, 8-18 January 1990, New York

• A/CN.9/319 and Add.1-5 - Liability of operators of transport terminals: compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations on the draft Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade
• A/CN.9/320 - Limits of liability and units of account in international transport conventions
• A/CN.9/330 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its thirteenth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.64 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.65 - Independent guarantees and stand-by letters of credit: discussion of some issues of a uniform law: substantive scope of uniform law, party autonomy and its limits, and rules of interpretation

12 th session, 21-30 November 1988, Vienna

• A/CN.9/316 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its twelfth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.61 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.62 - Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees: review of ICC draft Uniform Rules for Guarantees
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.63 - Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees: tentative considerations on the preparation of a uniform law

11 th session, 18-29 January 1988, New York

• A/CN.9/298 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its eleventh session
• A/CN.9/309 - UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.59 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.60 - Liability of operators of transport terminals: revised text of draft uniform rules on liability of operators of transport terminals based upon discussions and decisions at tenth session of Working Group

10 th session, 1-12 December 1986, Vienna

• A/CN.9/287 - Report of Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its tenth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.57 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II./WP.58 - Revised draft articles 5 to 15 and new draft articles 16 and 17 of uniform rules on the liability of operators of transport terminals

9 th session, 6-17 January 1986, New York

• A/CN.9/263 - Analytical compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations on the draft text of a model law on international commercial arbitration
• A/CN.9/263/Add.1 - Analytical compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations on the draft text of a model law on international commercial arbitration
• A/CN.9/263/Add.2 - Analytical compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations on the draft text of a model law on international commercial arbitration
• A/CN.9/263/Add.3 - Analytical compilation of comments by Governments and international organizations on the draft text of a model law on international commercial arbitration
• A/CN.9/264 - Analytical commentary on draft text of a model law on international commercial arbitration
• A/CN.9/275 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract practices on the work of its ninth session
• A/CN.9/280 - Co-ordination of work: activities of international organizations on certain aspects of arbitration
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.54 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.55 - Liability of operators of transport terminals: certain factual and legal aspects of operations performed by operators of transport terminals
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.56 - Liability of operators of transport terminals: draft articles of uniform rules on the liability of operators of transport terminals and comments thereon

8 th session, 3-13 December 1984, Vienna

• A/CN.9/236 - Co-ordination of work: some recents development in the field of international transport of goods
• A/CN.9/252 - Liability of operators of transport terminals
• A/CN.9/260 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract practices on the work of its eighth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.51 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.52 - Liability of operators of transport terminals: issues for discussion by the Working Group
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.52/Add.1 - Liability of operators of transport terminals: issue for discussion by the Working Group: explanatory report to the preliminary draft Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals, prepared by the secretariat of UNIDROIT
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.53 - Liability of operators of transport terminals: additional issues for discussion by the Working Group

7 th session, 6-17 February 1984, New York

• A/CN.9/246 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its seventh session
• A/CN.9/246/Annex - Draft text of a model law on international commercial arbitration as adopted by the Working Group
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.47 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.48 - Composite draft text of a model law on international commercial arbitration
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.49 - Model law on international commercial arbitration: territorial scope of application and related issues
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.50 - Composite draft text of a model law on international commercial arbitration: some comments and suggestions for consideration

6 th session, 29 August - 9 September 1983, Vienna

• A/CN.9/235 - Revised text of draft uniform rules on liquidated damages and penalty clauses
• A/CN.9/245 - Report of the Working Group on international contract practices on the work of its sixth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.43 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.44 - Revised draft articles A to G on adaptation and supplementation of contracts, commencement of arbitral proceedings, minimum contents of statements of claim and defense, language in arbitral proceedings, court assistance in taking evidence, termination of arbitral proceedings and period for enforcement of arbitral award
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.45 - Redrafted articles I to XII on scope of application, general provisions, arbitration agreement and the courts, and composition of arbitral tribunal
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.46 - Revised draft articles XXV to XXX on recognition and enforcement of arbitral award and recourse against award

5 th session, 22 February - 4 March 1983, New York

• A/CN.9/233 - Report of the Working Group on international contract practices on the work of its fifth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.39 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.40 (14 December 1982) - Revised draft articles I to XXVI
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.41 (12 January 1983) - Possible further features and draft articles of a model law
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.42 (25 January 1983) - Draft articles 37 to 41 on recognition and enforcement of award and recourse against award

4 th session, 4-15 October 1982, Vienna

• A/CN.9/232 - Report of the Working Group on international contract practices on the work of its fourth session
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.36 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.37 (15 July 1982) - Draft articles 1 to 24 on scope of application, arbitration agreement, arbitrators, and arbitral procedure
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.38 (31 August 1982) - Draft articles 25 to 36 on award

3 rd session, 16-26 February 1982, New York

• A/CN.9/216 - Report of the Working Group on international contract practices on the work of its third session
• A/CN.9/218 - Text of draft uniform rules on liquidated damages and penalty clauses, together with a commentary thereon
• A/CN.9/219/Add.1 - Draft uniform rules on liquidated damages and penalty clauses: analysis of the responses of Governments and international organizations
• A/CN.9/222 - International commercial arbitration: recommendations concerning administrative services provided in arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.34 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.35 - Possible features of a model law on international commercial arbitration: questions for discussion by the Working Group

2 nd session, 13-17 April 1981, New York

• A/CN.9/197 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its second session
• A/CN.9/201 - Clauses protecting parties against the effects of currency fluctuations
• A/CN.9/WG.2/WP.32 - Provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.2/WP.33 - Report of the Secretary-General: liquidated damages and penalty clauses (II)
• A/CN.9/WG.2/WP.33/Add.1 - Analysis of expert opinions, and of replies to the Secretariat questionnaire on liquidated damages and penalty clauses

1 st session, 24-28 September 1979, Vienna

• A/CN.9/177 - Report of the Working Group on International Contract Practices on the work of its first session
• A/CN.9/161 - Report of the Secretary-General: liquidated damages and penalty clauses
• A/CN.9/WG.2/WP.31 - Provisional agenda