UNIDROIT Proceedings and Papers 1994

This collection of documents comprises the Annual Report on the activity of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), a summary of the conclusions reached by the Governing Council of UNIDROIT at its annual session, the report on the annual session of the General Assembly of UNIDROIT member States, the final texts of instruments prepared under the auspices of UNIDROIT, documents concerning current work on instruments adopted as well as the preparatory work, consisting of the studies and reports of the various working groups and committees of governmental experts, on items on the UNIDROIT Work Programme.


CONTENTS

INSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS

Governing Council: 73rd session (Rome, 9 to 14 May 1994)
UNIDROIT 1994 - C.D. (73) 2
REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE INSTITUTE 1993 – Rome, 1994

SUMMARY OF THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED BY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL AT ITS 73RD SESSION

General Assembly, 48th session (Rome, 6 December 1994)
UNIDROIT 1994 - A.G. (48) 8
MINUTES (prepared by the Secretariat) - Rome, December 1994

CURRENT WORK ON ITEMS ON THE UNIDROIT WORK PROGRAMME
Study L – Principles for International Commercial Contracts
UNIDROIT 1994 – P.C. – Misc. 19
Working Group for the preparation of Principles for International Commercial Contracts. Summary records of the meeting held in Rome from 29 June to 3 July 1992 (prepared by the Secretariat of UNIDROIT) – Rome, January 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 – Study L – Doc. 54
Principles for International Commercial Contracts. (Draft text and comments) – Rome, March 1994

Study LX – Quantity and quality control of goods – Inspection contracts in the international sale of goods
UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LX – Doc. 5
Quantity and quality control of goods – Inspection contracts in the international sale of goods. Response to the Secretariat inquiry for further information – Rome, April 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LX – Doc. 6
Quantity and quality control of goods – Inspection contracts in the international sale of goods. GATT Agreement on Preshipment Inspection – Rome, May 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LX – Doc. 7
Quantity and quality control of goods – Inspection contracts in the international sale of goods. Extract from the Report of the 73rd session of the Unidroit Governing Council (Held in Rome from 9 to 13 May 1994) – Rome, September 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LX – Doc. 8
Quantity and quality control of goods – Inspection contracts in the international sale of goods. Consultation paper designed to elicit further information concerning the practical problems that may arise in connection with inspection agency contracts – Rome, November 1994

Study LXV - Research Scholarships Programme
UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXV – Scholarships: Impl. 4
Research Scholarships Programme. IMPLEMENTATION AS OF 15 JUNE 1994 – Rome, June 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXV – Scholarships: Impl. 5
Research Scholarships Programme. IMPLEMENTATION AS OF 15 DECEMBER 1994 – Rome, December 1994

Study LXVIII – International Franchising

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 7
International Franchising. Further consideration of the areas amenable to treatment at international level (Secretariat memorandum) – Rome, April 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXVIII / Etude LXVIII - Doc. 8
International Franchising. Collection of materials relating to franchising / Le Franchisage international. Recueil de documentation relative au franchisage – Rome, April / avril 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 9
Study Group on Franchising. Report on the first session (Rome, 16 to 18 May 1994) (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, September 1994

Study LXIX – Data Bank on Uniform Law
UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXIX - Doc. 1
Organisation of a UNIDROIT information system or Data Bank on Uniform Law (Secretariat memorandum) – Rome, November 1994
Study LXX – The International Protection of Cultural Property
UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXX – Doc. 48
Committee of Governmental Experts on the International Protection of Cultural Property. Report on the fourth session (Rome, 29 September to 8 October 1993) (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, February 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXX – Doc. 49
The International Protection of Cultural Property. DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL RETURN OF STOLEN OR ILLEGALLY EXPORTED CULTURAL OBJECTS as approved by the UNIDROIT Committee of Governmental Experts on 8 October 1993 and EXPLANATORY REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, December 1994

Study LXXII – International Regulation of Certain Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment
UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 9
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Comments, by Mr Thomas J. Whalen to the Memorandum by Professor R.C.C. Cuming on a proposed UNIDROIT Convention on Security Interests in Mobile Equipment – February 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 10
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Comments, by Professor C.W. Mooney, Jr. concerning test of internationality to be employed in the proposed UNIDROIT Convention on Security Interests in Mobile Equipment – February 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 11
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Comments, by Mr J.-H. Rφver (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) to the Memorandum by Professor R.C.C. Cuming on a proposed UNIDROIT Convention on Security Interests in Mobile Equipment – February 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 12
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Sub-Committee for the Preparation of a First Draft (First Session: Rome, 14-16 February 1994) Summary Report (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – March 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 13
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Sub-Committee for the Preparation of a First Draft. Proposals for a first draft (drawn up by the Chairman and a member of the sub-committee on the basis of the provisional conclusions reached by the latter at its first session) – August 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 14
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Sub-Committee for the Preparation of a First Draft. Proposals for a first draft (drawn up by the Chairman and a member of the sub-committee on the basis of the provisional conclusions reached by the latter at its first session): Comments (by members of the sub-committee and the study group and the international Organisations and professional associations represented by observers thereon) – November 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 14 Add. 1
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Sub-Committee for the Preparation of a First Draft. Proposals for a first draft (drawn up by the Chairman and a member of the sub-committee on the basis of the provisional conclusions reached by the latter at its first session): Comments (by Mr Thomas Whalen. Professor Rolf Herber and the Boeing Company) – November 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 14 Add. 2
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Sub-Committee for the Preparation of a First Draft. Proposals for a first draft (drawn up by the Chairman and a member of the sub-committee on the basis of the provisional conclusions reached by the latter at its first session): Comments (by Professor Charles W. Mooney Jr. and the Legal Committee of the Finance & Leasing Association of the United Kingdom) – November 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 14 Add. 3
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Sub-Committee for the Preparation of a First Draft. Proposals for a first draft (drawn up by the Chairman and a member of the sub-committee on the basis of the provisional conclusions reached by the latter at its first session): Comments (by Mr Jan-Hendrik Rφver) – November 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII - Doc. 14 Add. 4
Study Group for the Preparation of Uniform Rules on Certain International Aspects of Security Interests in Mobile Equipment. Sub-Committee for the Preparation of a First Draft. Proposals for a first draft (drawn up by the Chairman and a member of the sub-committee on the basis of the provisional conclusions reached by the latter at its first session): Comments (by the Banking Federation of the European Union and the Italian Banking Association) – December 1994

Study LXXII A – Restricted Working Group responsible for determining the desirability and feasibility of the preparation by UNIDROIT of a Model Law in the general field of secured transactions
UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII A - Doc. 1
Restricted Working Group responsible for determining the desirability and feasibility of the preparation by UNIDROIT of a Model Law in the general field of secured transactions. Some preliminary considerations with a view to the drawing up of a check list of the issues to be addressed in a possible future model law in the general field of secured transactions, by Professor R.C.C. Cuming (University of Saskatchewan) – Rome, October 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII A - Doc. 2
Restricted Working Group responsible for determining the desirability and feasibility of the preparation by UNIDROIT of a Model Law in the general field of secured transactions. Outline of a modern legal regime for the regulation of secured financing transactions, by Professor R.C.C. Cuming (University of Saskatchewan) – Rome, November 1994

UNIDROIT 1994 - Study LXXII A - Doc. 3
Restricted Working Group responsible for determining the desirability and feasibility of the preparation by UNIDROIT of a Model Law in the general field of secured transactions. COMMENTS on the UNIDROIT project for drawing up a check list of the issues to be addressed in a possible future model law in the general field of secured transactions, by John L. Simpson and Jan-Hendrik M. Rφver (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) – Rome, November 1994


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