
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
SUMMARY OF THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED BY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL AT ITS 83RD SESSION
UNIDROIT 2004 - Etude LXV / Etude L - Acte uniforme OHADA Droit des contrats - Doc. 2
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXII H - Doc. 16
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 2
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 3
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 4
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 5
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 6
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 7
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 8
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 9
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 10
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 11 [never issued]
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/ W.P. 12
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/Report
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVI - Doc. 12
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVIII - Doc. 13
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVIII - Doc. 14
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVIII - Doc. 15
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVIII - Doc. 16
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVIII - Doc. 16 Add. 1
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVIII - Doc. 17 [circulated only within the Study Group]
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVIII - Doc. 18 / UNIDROIT 2004 - Etude LXXVIII - Doc. 18
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVIII - Doc. 19
Governing Council: 83rd session (Rome, 19-21 April 2004)
CURRENT WORK ON ITEMS ON THE UNIDROIT WORK PROGRAMME
UNIDROIT 2004 - C.D. (83) 2
General Assembly, 58th session (Rome, 26 November 2004)

ANNUAL REPORT 2003 – Rome, 2004
UNIDROIT 2004 - A.G. (58) 10
REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROITSecretariat)
Study L – Principles of International Commercial Contracts
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study L - Doc. 98
Study LXV - Programme of Legal Co-operation

Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts. PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS (Final draft as adopted by the Working Group and edited by the Secretariat) - February 2004
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXV – Scholarships : Impl. 16
Study LXV / L – OHADA Uniform Act on Contracts

Research Scholarships Programme: IMPLEMENTATION REPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2004 – Rome, December 2004
UNIDROIT 2004 - Etude LXV / Etude L - Acte uniforme OHADA Droit des contrats - Doc. 1 [in French only; restricted distribution]
Study LXXII H – International Interests in Railway Rolling Stock
ACTE UNIFORME OHADA SUR LE DROIT DES CONTRATS. AVANT-PROJET. Rédigé par Marcel Fontaine, Professeur émérite, ancien Directeur du Centre de droit des obligations, Faculté de droit de l’Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique et membre du Groupe d’étude d’UNIDROIT pour la préparation des Principes à la demande de l’Institut international de l’unification du droit privé (UNIDROIT) pour transmission au Secrétariat Permanent de l’OHADA septembre 2004 – Rome, septembre 2004
[in French only]
ACTE UNIFORME OHADA SUR LE DROIT DES CONTRATS. NOTE EXPLICATIVE A L’AVANT-PROJET. Rédigée par Marcel Fontaine, Professeur émérite, ancien Directeur du Centre de droit des obligations, Faculté de droit de l’Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique et membre du Groupe d’étude d’UNIDROIT pour la préparation des Principes à la demande de l’Institut international de l’unification du droit privé (UNIDROIT) pour transmission au Secrétariat Permanent de l’OHADA septembre 2004 – Rome, septembre 2004
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXII H - Doc. 15
Study LXXII J – International Interests in Space Property

The Preliminary Draft Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment: An Opportunity for Government and Industry to Compare Notes in the Run-up to the Diplomatic Conference (A colloquium organised by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) and the Rail Working Group, in co-operation with the Government of Poland, at the headquarters of the Organisation for the Collaboration between Railways (OSShD OSJD), Warsaw, 15-16 April 2004). ACTS – Rome, July 2004
The International Legal Regimen for the Taking of Security in High-Value Mobile Equipment – Possibilities and Challenges. A colloquium organised by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF), under the auspices of the Government of Mexico and the Mexican Center of Uniform Law, Ex-Colegio de la Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, Mexico City, 11-12 October 2004. ACTS – Rome, December 2004
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXII J - Doc. 13 rev.
UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (First session, Rome, 15 – 19 December 2003)

Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (opened to signature in Cape Town on 16 November 2001): PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO SPACE ASSETS (as revised by the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets during its first session, held in Rome from 15 to 19 December 2003) – Rome, February 2004
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./1/Report
UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (Second session, Rome, 26 – 28 October 2004)

UNIDROIT Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (First session, Rome, 15 – 19 December 2003): REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – Rome, February 2004
UNIDROIT 2004 – C.G.E. Space Pr./2/W.P. 1
Study LXXVI – Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure

DRAFT AGENDA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE TO THE DRAFT AGENDA
Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (opened to signature in Cape Town on 16 November 2001): PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROTOCOL ON MATTERS SPECIFIC TO SPACE ASSETS (as revised by the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets during its first session, held in Rome from 15 to 19 December 2003)
PROPOSAL FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION AND THE SPACE ASSETS PROTOCOL TO DEBTOR’S RIGHTS AND RELATED RIGHTS (by the Space Working Group)
The preliminary draft Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets: An opportunity for representatives of government and industry to compare notes (A colloquium organised by UNIDROIT in co-operation with the Malaysian National Space Agency and the Space Working Group, Kuala Lumpur, 22 / 23 April 2004): SUMMARY REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
COMMENTS BY GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (Comments by the government of the United States of America)
COMMENTS BY GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (Comments by the Government of Senegal)
COMMENTS BY GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (Comments by the Government of Portugal)
COMMENTS BY GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (Comments by the Government of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria)
DRAFT REPORT, Plenary Session, 26 October 2004
DRAFT REPORT, Plenary Session, 27 October 2004
REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVI - Doc. 11
Study LXXVIII – Transactions on Transnational and Connected Capital Markets - Intermediated Securities

Joint American Law Institute / UNIDROIT Working Group on Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure. DRAFT PRINCIPLES OF TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL PROCEDURE WITH COMMENTS, prepared by Professors G. C. Hazard Jr., R. Stürner, M. Taruffo and A. Gidi – Rome, February 2004
Joint American Law Institute / UNIDROIT Working Group on Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure. DRAFT RULES OF TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL PROCEDURE WITH COMMENTS, prepared by Professors G. C. Hazard Jr., R. Stürner, M. Taruffo and A. Gidi – Rome, February 2004
UNIDROIT 2004 - Study LXXVIII - Doc. 12

“Legal Risks and Market Efficiency” UNIDROIT Seminar on Harmonised Substantive Rules regarding Securities Held with an Intermediary. Rome, 12 November 2003. REPORT (February 2004) 
UNIDROIT Study Group on Harmonised Substantive Rules regarding Securities Held with an Intermediary. PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION ON HARMONISED SUBSTANTIVE RULES REGARDING SECURITIES HELD WITH AN INTERMEDIARY – April 2004
Study Group for the Preparation of Harmonised Substantive Rules on Transactions on Transnational and Connected Capital Markets. Restricted Study Group on Item 1 of the Project: Harmonised Substantive Rules regarding Securities Held with an Intermediary. SUMMARY REPORT 4th SESSION (24-27 MARCH 2003) (prepared by the Secretariat) – Rome, April 2004
Study Group for the Preparation of Harmonised Substantive Rules on Transactions on Transnational and Connected Capital Markets. Restricted Study Group on Item 1 of the Project: Harmonised Substantive Rules regarding Securities Held with an Intermediary. PROPOSAL WITH RESPECT TO CHAPTERS IV, V OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION (prepared by the Secretariat) – Rome, September 2004
Study Group for the Preparation of Harmonised Substantive Rules on Transactions on Transnational and Connected Capital Markets. Restricted Study Group on Item 1 of the Project: Harmonised Substantive Rules regarding Securities Held with an Intermediary. COMMENTS ON THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION – Rome, September 2004
Study Group for the Preparation of Harmonised Substantive Rules on Transactions on Transnational and Connected Capital Markets. Restricted Study Group on Item 1 of the Project: Harmonised Substantive Rules regarding Securities Held with an Intermediary. COMMENTS ON THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION. ADDENDUM 1 – Rome, September 2004
UNIDROIT Study Group on Harmonised Substantive Rules regarding Securities Held with an Intermediary. PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION ON HARMONISED SUBSTANTIVE RULES REGARDING SECURITIES HELD WITH AN INTERMEDIARY – Rome, October 2004
UNIDROIT Study Group on Harmonised Substantive Rules regarding Securities Held with an Intermediary. PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION ON HARMONISED SUBSTANTIVE RULES REGARDING SECURITIES HELD WITH AN INTERMEDIARY – Rome, November 2004 / Comité d’étude d’UNIDROIT sur l’harmonisation des règles de droit matériel relatives aux titres détenus auprès d’un intermédiaire. AVANT-PROJET DE CONVENTION SUR L’HARMONISATION DES REGLES DE DROIT MATERIEL APPLICABLES AUX TITRES DETENUS AUPRES D’UN INTERMEDIAIRE – Rome, novembre 2004
UNIDROIT Study Group on Harmonised Substantive Rules regarding Securities Held with an Intermediary. PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION ON HARMONISED SUBSTANTIVE RULES REGARDING SECURITIES HELD WITH AN INTERMEDIARY. EXPLANATORY NOTES – Rome, December 2004