UNIDROIT Proceedings and Papers 2001

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: 80th session (Rome, 17-19 September 2001)
UNIDROIT 2001 - C.D. (80) 2
ANNUAL REPORT 2000 – Rome, 2001

SUMMARY OF THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED BY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL AT ITS 80TH SESSION

General Assembly, 55th session (Rome, 7 December 2001)
UNIDROIT 2001 - A.G. (55) 9
REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROITSecretariat) - Rome, December 2001

CURRENT WORK ON ITEMS ON THE UNIDROIT WORK PROGRAMME
Study L – Principles of International Commercial Contracts
UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - Doc. 67
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. CHAPTER [...] AUTHORITY OF AGENTS (Revised draft prepared by Professor M.J. Bonell in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 3rd session held in Cairo, 24-27 January 2000) – Rome, March 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - Doc. 68
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. CHAPTER [...] LIMITATION PERIODS (Revised draft prepared by Professor P. Schlechtriem in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 3rd session held in Cairo, 24-27 January 2000) – Rome, April 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - Doc. 69
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. CHAPTER [...] ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS, TRANSFER OF OBLIGATIONS, ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTS (Revised draft prepared by Professor M. Fontaine in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 3rd session held in Cairo, 24-27 January 2000) – Rome, May 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - Doc. 70
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. CHAPTER [...] THIRD PARTY RIGHTS (Revised draft Chapter prepared by Professor M. Furmston in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 3rd session held in Cairo, 24-27 January 2000) – Rome, May 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - Doc. 71
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. CHAPTER [...] SET-OFF (Draft Chapter prepared by Professor C. Jauffret-Spinosi) – Rome, May 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - Misc. 23
Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE MEETING HELD IN ROME FROM 4 TO 7 JUNE 2001 (Prepared by the Secretariat of UNIDROIT) – Rome, July 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - Doc. 72
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. CHAPTER [...] AUTHORITY OF AGENTS (Revised draft prepared by Professor M.J. Bonell in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 4th session held in Rome, 4-7 June 2001) – Rome, July 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - WP.6
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. Meeting of the Drafting Group in Bristol, 7-10 January 2002. CHAPTER [...] LIMITATION PERIODS (Revised draft prepared by Professor P. Schlechtriem in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 4th session held in Rome, 4-7 June 2001) – Rome, December 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - WP.7
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. Meeting of the Drafting Group in Bristol, 7-10 January 2002. CHAPTER [...] ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS, TRANSFER OF OBLIGATIONS, ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTS (Revised draft prepared by Professor M. Fontaine in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 4th session held in Rome, 4-7 June 2001) – Rome, December 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - WP.8
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. Meeting of the Drafting Group in Bristol, 7-10 January 2002. CHAPTER [...] THIRD PARTY RIGHTS (Revised draft Chapter prepared by Professor M. Furmston in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 4th session held in Rome, 4-7 June 2001) – Rome, December 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study L - WP.9
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. Meeting of the Drafting Group in Bristol, 7-10 January 2002. CHAPTER [...] SET-OFF (Revised draft prepared by Professor C. Jauffret-Spinosi in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 4th session held in Rome, 4-7 June 2001) – Rome, December 2001

Study LXV - Programme of Legal Co-operation
UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXV – Scholarships : Impl. 13
Research Scholarships Programme: STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION - INTERIM REPORT AS OF 10 SEPTEMBER 2001
Study LXVIII – International Franchising
UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 29
Study Group on Franchising. Fifth session, Rome, 7 December 2000. REPORT (prepared by the Secretariat) – Rome, May 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 30
Study Group on Franchising. DRAFT ARTICLES FOR A MODEL FRANCHISE DISCLOSURE LAW WITH DRAFT EXPLANATORY REPORT as adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group at its fifth session, held in Rome on 7 December 2000 – Rome, January 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII / Etude LXVIII - CGE / Misc.1
Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a Model Franchise Disclosure Law. First session (Rome, 25 - 29 June 2001) / Comité d’experts gouvernementaux chargé d’élaborer une Loi modèle sur la divulgation des informations en matière de franchise, Première session (Rome, 25 – 29 juin 2001) : Text in English and French of the Draft Model Franchise Disclosure Law as modified at the Fifth Session of the UNIDROIT Study Group on Franchising, Rome, 7 December 2000 / Texte en anglais et en français du projet de loi modèle sur la divulgation des informations en matière de franchise tel que révisé par la cinquième session du Comité d’étude sur le franchisage, Rome, 7 décembre 2000 – Rome, May/mai 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 31
Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a Model Franchise Disclosure Law. First session (Rome, 25 - 29 June 2001). COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT MODEL LAW AND DRAFT EXPLANATORY REPORT THERETO submitted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Rome, May 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 32
Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a Model Franchise Disclosure Law. First session (Rome, 25 - 29 June 2001). COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT MODEL LAW AND DRAFT EXPLANATORY REPORT THERETO submitted by the World Franchise Council (WFC) – Rome, May 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 33
Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a Model Franchise Disclosure Law. First session (Rome, 25 - 29 June 2001). COMMENTS submitted by the Government of Australia – Rome, June 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 34
Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a Model Franchise Disclosure Law. First session (Rome, 25 - 29 June 2001). COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT MODEL LAW AND DRAFT EXPLANATORY REPORT THERETO submitted by the World Franchise Council (WFC) – Rome, June 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 35
Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a Model Franchise Disclosure Law. First session (Rome, 25 - 29 June 2001). COMMENTS submitted by the United States – Rome, June 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 36
Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a Model Franchise Disclosure Law. First session (Rome, 25 - 29 June 2001). REPORT (prepared by the Secretariat) – Rome, September 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 37
Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a Model Franchise Disclosure Law. DRAFT ARTICLES FOR A MODEL FRANCHISE DISCLOSURE LAW WITH DRAFT EXPLANATORY REPORT AS REVISED BY THE COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS AT ITS FIRST SESSION, HELD IN ROME FROM 25 TO 29 JUNE 2001 – Rome, September 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXVIII - Doc. 38
Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a Model Franchise Disclosure Law. Second session (Rome, 8 - 12 April 2002). COMMENTS submitted by the People’s Republic of China – Rome, October 2001

Study LXXII H – International Interests in Railway Rolling Stock
UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXXII H - Doc. 5
Committee of Governmental Experts for the preparation of a Draft Protocol to the Draft UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Railway Rolling Stock. First Joint session, Bern, 15 and 16 March 2001. REPORT (prepared by the Secretariats of OTIF and UNIDROIT) – Berne/Rome, May 2001
Study LXXII J – International Interests in Space Property
UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXXII J - Doc. 3
CURRENT WORKING DRAFT OF A PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL TO THE DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO SPACE PROPERTY (prepared in January 2001 for discussion within the Space Working Group by Peter D. Nesgos, Esq., co-ordinator of the Working Group) – Rome, January 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXXII J - Doc. 4
CURRENT WORKING DRAFT OF A PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL TO THE DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO SPACE PROPERTY (prepared in March 2001 for discussion within the Space Working Group by Peter D. Nesgos, Esq., co-ordinator of the Working Group, with the assistance of Dara A. Panahy, Esq.) – Rome, March 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXXII J - Doc. 5
Space Working Group (Seal Beach, California, 23/24 April 2001): REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, June 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXXII J - Doc. 6
DRAFT UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN MOBILE EQUIPMENT (as submitted by the UNIDROIT Governing Council for adoption to a diplomatic Conference, to be held in Cape Town from 29 October to 16 November 2001): PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO SPACE PROPERTY (as established by a working group, organised, at the invitation of the President, by Peter D. Nesgos, Esq., with the assistance of Dara A. Panahy, Esq., at the conclusion of its third session, held in Seal Beach, California on 23 and 24 April 2001) – Rome, July 2001

UNIDROIT 2002 - Study LXXII J - Doc. 7 [issued in 2002]

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXXII J - Doc. 8
Space Working Group (Evry Courcouronnes, 3/4 September 2001): REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, December 2001

Study LXXVI – Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure
UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXXVI - Doc. 3
Joint American Law Institute / UNIDROIT Working Group on Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure. REPORT ON THE FIRST SESSION, ROME, 22 TO 26 MAY 2000 (prepared by Antonio Gidi, Secretary to the Working Group) – Rome, October 2000

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXXVI - Doc. 4
Joint American Law Institute / UNIDROIT Working Group on Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure. DRAFT PRINCIPLES AND RULES prepared by Professors G. Hazard, R. Stürner, M. Taruffo and A. Gidi – Rome, April 2001

UNIDROIT 2001 - Study LXXVI - Doc. 5
Joint American Law Institute / UNIDROIT Working Group on Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL PROCEDURE: REMARKS AND COMMENTS prepared by Professor Rolf Stürner – Rome, May 2001


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