UNIDROIT Proceedings and Papers 1998

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: 77th session (Rome, 16-20 February 1998)
UNIDROIT 1998 - C.D. (77) 2
ANNUAL REPORT 1997 – Rome, January 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - C.D. (77) Misc. 6
SUMMARY OF THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED BY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL AT ITS 77TH SESSION

General Assembly, 52nd session (Rome, 27 November 1999)
UNIDROIT 1998 - A.G. (52) 13
MINUTES (prepared by the UNIDROITSecretariat) - Rome, December 1998

CURRENT WORK ON ITEMS ON THE UNIDROIT WORK PROGRAMME
Study L – Principles of International Commercial Contracts
UNIDROIT 1998 - Study L - Doc. 55
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. PREPARATION OF A SECOND ENLARGED EDITION OF THE UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS (Secretariat Memorandum) – Rome, January 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study L - Misc. 20
Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE MEETING HELD IN ROME FROM 16 TO 19 MARCH 1998 (Prepared by the Secretariat of UNIDROIT) – Rome, June 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study L - Doc. 56
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. CHAPTER [...] AUTHORITY OF AGENTS (Draft and Explanatory Notes prepared by Professor M.J. Bonell on the basis of the 1983 Geneva Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods) – Rome, December 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study L - Doc. 57
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. DRAFT MODEL CLAUSE prepared by Professor A.E. Farnsworth – Rome, June 1998

Study LXV - Programme of Legal Co-operation
UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXV – Scholarships: Impl. 11
Research Scholarships Programme. IMPLEMENTATION AS OF 15 DECEMBER 1998 – Rome, December 1998
Study LXVIII – International Franchising
UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXVIII – Doc. 16
Study Group on Franchising. GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISING, Fourth Draft – Rome, January 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXVIII – Doc. 17
Study Group on Franchising. GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL MASTER FRANCHISE ARRANGEMENTS. Fifth Draft, incorporating the modifications adopted by the UNIDROIT Governing Council on the occasion of its 77th session, on 16 February 1998 – Rome, March 1998

Study LXXII – International Interests in Mobile Equipment

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 39
Steering and Revisions Committee for the finalisation of the preliminary draft UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the preliminary draft Protocol thereto on Matters specific to Aircraft 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, and revised by the Chairman of the Study Group) – Rome, June 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 40
Governing Council (77th session: Rome, 16-20 February 1998): EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT ON THE SESSION, Re Item N° 8 on the Agenda: International Interests in Mobile Equipment – Rome, July 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 41
Steering and Revisions Committee (Rome, 27-29 June 1998). REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, September 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 42
PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as established by an UNIDROIT Study Group and revised, in accordance with a decision taken by the UNIDROIT Governing Council at its 77th session, held in Rome from 16 to 20 February 1998, by a Steering and Revisions Committee, meeting in Rome from 27 to 29 June 1998) – Rome, July 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 43 / UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII D - Doc. 4
Committee of Governmental Experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and a draft Protocol on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment: PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT and PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS (submitted by the Government of the United States of America) – Rome, December 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 44
Committee of Governmental Experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and a draft Protocol on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment. PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT: COMMENTS (submitted by the Government of Australia) – Rome, December 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 45 / UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXIID - Doc. 6
Committee of Governmental Experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and a draft Protocol on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment. PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT and PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT: COMMENTS (submitted jointly by the International Air Transport Association and the Aviation Working Group) – Rome, December 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 46
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and a draft Protocol on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment. PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT: COMMENTS (submitted by the Government of Canada) – Rome, December 1998

Study LXXII D - International Interests in Aircraft Equipment
UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII D - Doc. 1
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): PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT (as established by a working group organised by Mr J. Wool, expert consultant to the Study Group on international aviation finance matters, at the invitation of the President, at the conclusion of its second session, held in Geneva from 19 to 21 November 1997) – Rome, January 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII D - Doc. 2
Steering and Revisions Committee for the finalisation of the preliminary draft UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the preliminary draft Protocol thereto on Matters specific to Aircraft 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, and revised by the Chairman of the Study Group): PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT (as established by a working group organised and chaired by Mr J. Wool, expert consultant to the Study Group on international aviation finance matters, at the invitation of the President, at the conclusion of its second session, held in Geneva from 19 to 21 November 1997, and revised by the Chairman of the Study Group in collaboration with Mr Wool) – Rome, June 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII D - Doc. 3
PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT (as established by a working group organised, at the invitation of the President of UNIDROIT, by Mr J. Wool, expert consultant on international aviation finance matters to the UNIDROIT Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on international interests in mobile equipment, and revised, in accordance with a decision taken by the UNIDROIT Governing Council at its 77th session, held in Rome from 16 to 20 February 1998, by a Steering and Revisions Committee, meeting in Rome from 27 to 29 June 1998) – Rome, July 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII D - Doc. 4 / UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 43
Committee of Governmental Experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and a draft Protocol on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment: PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT and PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS (submitted by the Government of the United States of America) – Rome, December 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII D - Doc. 5
Committee of Governmental Experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and a draft Protocol thereto on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment: PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT: COMMENTS (submitted by the Government of Australia) – Rome, December 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII D - Doc. 6 / UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII - Doc. 45
Committee of Governmental Experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and a draft Protocol on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment. PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT and PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT: COMMENTS (submitted jointly by the International Air Transport Association and the Aviation Working Group) – Rome, December 1998

UNIDROIT 1998 - Study LXXII D - Doc. 7
Committee of Governmental Experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and a draft Protocol on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment. PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT: COMMENTS (submitted by the Government of Canada) – Rome, December 1998


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