
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.
INSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS
UNIDROIT 1997 - C.D. (76) Misc. 8
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXVIII – Doc. 13
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXVIII – Doc. 14
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXVIII – Doc. 15
UNIDROIT 1996 - Study LXXII - Doc. 32 [Issued in 1996]
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 32 Add. 1
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 32 Add. 2
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 32 Add. 3
UNIDROIT 1996 - Study LXXII - Doc. 33 [Issued in 1996]
UNIDROIT 1996 - Study LXXII - Doc. 34 [Never issued]
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 35
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 36
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 36 Add. 1
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 36 Add. 2
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 36 Add. 3
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 36 Add. 4
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 36 Add. 5
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 37
Misc. 1 [3rd session]
Misc. 2 [3rd session]
Misc. 3 [3rd session]
Misc. 4 [3rd session]
Misc. 1 [4th session]
Misc. 2 [4th session]
Misc. 3 [4th session]
Misc. 4 [4th session]
Misc. 5 [4th session]
W.P. 1 [4th session]
W.P. 2 [4th session]
W.P. 3 [4th session]
W.P. 4 [4th session]
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII C - Doc. 3
UNIDROIT 1997 - International Interests / Registration Working Group / Second session / - W.P. 1
Governing Council: 76th session (Rome, 7-12 April 1997)
CURRENT WORK ON ITEMS ON THE UNIDROIT WORK PROGRAMME
UNIDROIT 1997 - C.D. (76) 2
General Assembly, 51nd session (Rome, 28 November 1997)

ANNUAL REPORT 1996 – Rome, January 1997
SUMMARY OF THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED BY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL AT ITS 76TH SESSION
UNIDROIT 1997 - A.G. (51) 10
MINUTES (prepared by the UNIDROITSecretariat) - Rome, January 1998
Study LXV - Programme of Legal Co-operation
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXV – Scholarships: Impl. 10/rev
Study LXVIII – International Franchising

Research Scholarships Programme. IMPLEMENTATION AS OF 1 DECEMBER 1997 – Rome, December 1997
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXVIII – Doc. 12
Study LXXII – International Interests in Mobile Equipment
Study Group on Franchising. GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISING. Second Draft – Rome, March 1997 
Study Group on Franchising. REPORT ON THE THIRD SESSION (Rome, 14-15 April 1997) (prepared by the Secretariat) – Rome, July 1997 
Study Group on Franchising. GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISING. Third Draft – Rome, September 1997 
Study Group on Franchising. Drafting Committee. REPORT ON THE MEETINGS HELD IN ROME, 10-11 SEPTEMBER 1997 AND WASHINGTON, 22-23 SEPTEMBER 1997 (prepared by the Secretariat) – Rome, November 1997
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII - Doc. 31
Study LXXII C – Consideration of the legal and technical issues raised by the establishment of an international register

Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. SECOND MEMORANDUM PREPARED JOINTLY BY AIRBUS INDUSTRIE AND THE BOEING COMPANY ON BEHALF OF AN AVIATION WORKING GROUP: PRELIMINARY COMMENTS by the Russian Federation Aviation Working Group – Rome, January 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (proposed by the Drafting Group in the light of the Study Group's reading at its second session of the first set of draft articles established by the Sub-committee in conjunction with the recommendations of the Aviation Working Group): COMMENTS (by Mr S. Masuda) – Rome, January 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (proposed by the Drafting Group in the light of the Study Group's reading at its second session of the first set of draft articles established by the Sub-committee in conjunction with the recommendations of the Aviation Working Group): COMMENTS (by the Aviation Working Group and the International Air Transport Association) – Rome, January 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (proposed by the Drafting Group in the light of the Study Group's reading at its second session of the first set of draft articles established by the Sub-committee in conjunction with the recommendations of the Aviation Working Group): COMMENTS (by Professor C.W. Mooney, Jr. and Mr T. Whalen) – Rome, January 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as proposed by the Drafting Group at its fourth session, held in Würzburg from 24 to 26 July 1997) with INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, July 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as proposed by the Drafting Group at its fourth session, held in Würzburg from 24 to 26 July 1997): COMMENTS (by members of the Study Group, advisers thereto and the international Organisations, professional associations and other bodies represented thereon by observers as also those persons and bodies having participated from outside the Study Group in the development of the project) – Rome, October 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as proposed by the Drafting Group at its fourth session, held in Würzburg from 24 to 26 July 1997): COMMENTS (by the Federal German Association of Banks) – Rome, October 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as proposed by the Drafting Group at its fourth session, held in Würzburg from 24 to 26 July 1997): COMMENTS (by the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail, the European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock, the Danish Shipowners' Association and the Elf Aquitaine Group) – Rome, October 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as proposed by the Drafting Group at its fourth session, held in Würzburg from 24 to 26 July 1997): COMMENTS (by the Aircraft Protocol Group) – Rome, October 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as proposed by the Drafting Group at its fourth session, held in Würzburg from 24 to 26 July 1997): COMMENTS (by Professor B. Foëx) – Rome, October 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as proposed by the Drafting Group at its fourth session, held in Würzburg from 24 to 26 July 1997): COMMENTS (by Mr H.W. Fleisig, Director of the Center for the Economic Analysis of Law (C.E.A.L.) and expert consultant on international economic matters to the Study Group, and Professor L.G. Girton, consultant to C.E.A.L.) – Rome, November 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment. PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as established by the Study Group at the conclusion of its fourth session, held in Rome from 3 to 7 November 1997) – Rome, December 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment (Third session: Rome, 15 - 21 January 1997). PROPOSALS BY THE CHAIRMAN – Rome, 16 January 1997 (morning)
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment (Third session: Rome, 15 - 21 January 1997). PROPOSED REFORMULATION OF ARTICLE 6 (joint proposal by the Aviation Working Group and the International Air Transport Association) – Rome, 16 January 1997 (afternoon)
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment (Third session: Rome, 15 - 21 January 1997). PROPOSALS BY THE DRAFTING GROUP – Rome, 20 January 1997 (morning)
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment (Third session: Rome, 15 - 21 January 1997). PROPOSALS BY THE DRAFTING GROUP – Rome, 22 January 1997 (morning)
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment (Fourth session: Rome, 3 - 8 November 1997). Permanent Court of Arbitration: OPTIONAL RULES FOR ARBITRATION INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND STATES
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment (Fourth session: Rome, 3 - 8 November 1997). CONVENTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ON INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment (Fourth session: Rome, 3 - 8 November 1997). REGISTRATION OF PLEDGES, a paper prepared by Mr John Simpson and Dr Carsten Dageförde (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment (Fourth session: Rome, 3 - 8 November 1997). PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as proposed by the Drafting Group at its fifth session, held in Rome from 4 to 6 November 1997) 
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment (Fourth session: Rome, 3 - 8 November 1997). REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as proposed by the Drafting Group at its fifth session, held in Rome from 4 to 7 November 1997) – Rome, 7 November 1997 (morning) 
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment: Drafting Group (Fourth session: Würzburg, 24-26 July 1997). REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (prepared by the Chairman of the Study Group in the light of the deliberations of that Group at its third session, held in Rome from 15 to 21 January 1997, and of the proposals by the Drafting Group at its third session, held in Rome on 17 and 20 January 1997) – Rome, February 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment: Drafting Group (Fourth session: Würzburg, 24-26 July 1997). REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT(prepared by the Chairman of the Study Group in the light of the deliberations of that Group at its third session, held in Rome from 15 to 21 January 1997, and of the proposals by the Drafting Group at its third session, held in Rome on 17 and 20 January 1997): COMMENTS on the application of the revised draft articles to space-based equipment (submitted by Mr Scott H. Siegel) – Rome, May 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment: Drafting Group (Fourth session: Würzburg, 24-26 July 1997). REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (prepared by the Chairman of the Study Group in the light of the deliberations of that Group at its third session, held in Rome from 15 to 21 January 1997, and of the proposals by the Drafting Group at its third session, held in Rome on 17 and 20 January 1997): COMMENTS (by the Aviation Working Group and the International Air Transport Association) – Rome, May 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment: Drafting Group (Fourth session: Würzburg, 24-26 July 1997). REVISED DRAFT ARTICLES OF A FUTURE UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (prepared by the Chairman of the Study Group in the light of the deliberations of that Group at its third session, held in Rome from 15 to 21 January 1997, and of the proposals by the Drafting Group at its third session, held in Rome on 17 and 20 January 1997): PRELIMINARY COMMENTS on the application of the revised draft articles to space property (submitted by the Space Working Group) – Rome, July 1997
UNIDROIT 1997 - Study LXXII C - Doc. 2

Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment: Working Group to consider the legal and technical issues raised by the establishment of an international register (First session: Rome, 16 - 18 April 1996): SUMMARY REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, April 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment: Working Group to consider the legal and technical issues raised by the establishment of an international register (Second session: Geneva, 26 - 28 May 1997): SUMMARY REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, June 1997
Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment: Working Group to consider the legal and technical issues raised by the establishment of an international register (Second session: Geneva, 26 - 28 May 1997): REVISED ARTICLES OF AN UNCITRAL DRAFT CONVENTION ON ASSIGNMENTS IN RECEIVABLES FINANCING (A.CN.9/WG.II/WP.93): ANNEX (Registration)