Espaol. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) has been recognized as the most successful attempt to unify a broad area of commercial law at the international level.
The CISG governs contracts for the international sales of goods between private businesses, excluding sales to consumers and sales of services, as well as sales of certain specified types of goods.
CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS (CISG) 1980 - Convention for the International Sale of Goods (UNCITRAL).
The international sales contract - what exactly is it? An international sales contract is a contract between two parties whose place of business is in two different countries.
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 1980) The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) drafted the CISG. Currently the CISG has seventy-six parties. The CISG aims to provide an internationally recognizable body of law governing the sale of goods across international borders.
For example, international sales of goods have unique handling, shipping, and taxation aspects. The contract should specify the INCOTERMS rules ( INCOTERMS Rules) which will apply to the contract in order to establish the duties, risks, and costs associated with the shipping of goods from one country to another.
The CISG facilitates international trade by removing legal barriers among state parties (known as "Contracting States") and providing uniform rules that govern most aspects of a commercial transaction, such as contract formation, the means of delivery, parties' obligations, and remedies for breach of contract.
The 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) regulates the rights of buyers and sellers in international sales.
The UN Convention on the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is a treaty that provides a uniform regime for contracts for the international sale of goods.
The CISG governs international sales contracts if (1) both parties are located in Contracting States, or (2) private international law leads to the application of the law of a Contracting State (although, as permitted by the CISG (article 95), several Contracting States have declared that they are not bound by the ...