Travaux préparatoires: Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (New York, 1974)

I. Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (New York, 1974)

II. Protocol of 11 April 1980 (Vienna)

I. Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (New York, 1974)

Related documents are available from:

• the first, second and third sessions of the Working Group I
• and from the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sessions of the Commission.

UNCITRAL, 5 ^th Session, New York, 10 April - 5 May 1972, Summary Records

Excerpts from the summary records of the 93rd to 123rd meetings of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

• Cover
• Introductory note
• 93rd meeting
• 94th meeting: Article 1(1); Article 1(3)
• 95th meeting: Article 2; Article 3
• 96th meeting: Article 3 (continued); Article 4
• 97th meeting: Article 5
• 98th meeting: Article 6; Article 7; Article 8; Article 9; Article 9(3)
• 99th meeting: Article 9 (continued)
• 100th meeting: Article 9 (continued); Articles 12, 13 and 15; Article 14; Article 15
• 101st meeting: Article 15 (continued); Article 16
• 102nd meeting: Article 17; Article 18
• 103rd meeting: Article 19; Article 20; Article 21
• 104th meeting: Article 22; Article 23
• 105th meeting: Article 23 (continued)
• 106th meeting: Article 24; Article 25; Article 26; Article 27; Article 28; Article 29
• 107th meeting: Article 29 (continued); Article 30; Article 31; Article 32; Article 33
• 108th meeting: Article 34; Article 35; Article 36; Articles 37 and 38
• 109th meeting: Article 36 (continued)
• 110th meeting
• 115th meeting: Article 1 (continued); Article 2 (continued); Article 3 (continued); Articles 4 and 5 (continued); Article 6 (continued); Article 7 (continued); Article 8 (continued); Article 9 (continued)
• 116th meeting: Article 10 (continued); Article 9 (continued)
• 117th meeting: Article 11 (continued); Article 12 (continued); Article 13 (continued); Article 14 (continued); Article 15 (continued); Article 16 (continued)
• 118th meeting: Article 16 (continued); Article 17 (continued); Article 18 (continued)
• 119th meeting: Article 19 (continued); Article 20 (continued); Article 21 (continued); Article 22 (continued); Article 23 (continued); Article 24 (continued); Article 25 (continued); Article 26 (continued); Article 27 (continued); Article 28 (continued)
• 120th meeting: Articles 29 and 30 (continued); Article 31 (continued); Article 32 (continued); Articles 33 and 34 (continued); Article 35 (continued); Article 36 (continued); Article 37-46 Articles 8 and 10 (continued); Article 20 (continued)
• 121st meeting: Article 18(1) (continued); Articles 12 and 23 (continued); Article 15 (continued); Article 16 (continued); Article 21 (bis); Article 28 (continued)
• 122nd meeting: Article 17 (continued); Article 28 (continued)
• 123rd meeting

United Nations Conference on Prescription (Limitation), New York, 20 May - 14 June 1974

• A/CONF.63/14 and Corr.1 - Texts Adopted by the United Nations Conference on Prescription (Limitation) in the International Sale of Goods Final Act
• A/CONF.63/15 - Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods
• A/CONF.63/16 - Official Records (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.74.V.8)
• A/CONF.63/17 - Commentary on the Convention on the limitation period in the International Sale of Goods
• A/9711 - Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Conference on Prescription (Limitation) in the International Sale of Goods

II. Protocol of 11 April 1980 (Vienna)

• UNCITRAL Yearbook, Volume IX: 1978, Part One, II, B, 1 [A/CN.9/XI/CRP.2], p. 46
• A/33/17 - Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its eleventh session (New York, 30 May-16 June 1978) (paras. 15-25)

United Nations Conference on Contracts for International Sale of Goods, Vienna, 10 March - 11 April 1980

• A/CONF.97/7 - Relationship of the Draft Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods to Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods
• A/CONF.97/18 - Final Act
• A/CONF.97/18/Annex II - Protocol amending the Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods
• A/CONF.97/19 - Official Records (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.81.IV.3)
• • see, in particular, the following documents reproduced in A/CONF.97/19:
  • Part One, H, part III [A/CONF.97/12, part III], p. 150-153
  • Part One, L [A/CONF.97/14], p. 167-169
  • Part Two, Summary records of the plenary meetings, 11th plenary meeting [A/CONF.97/SR.11], p. 225-233
  • Part Two, Summary records of meetings of the Second Committee [A/CONF.97/C.2/SR.1-9], p. 434-480