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

Governing Council: 88^th session (Rome, 20-23 April 2009)

UNIDROIT 2009 - C.D. (88) 2
Annual Report - 2008

Summary of the conclusions reached by the Governing Council at its 88^th session

General Assembly, 64^th session (Rome, 18 June 2009)

No report on the session was issued.

General Assembly, 65^th session (Rome, 2 December 2009)

UNIDROIT 2009 - A.G. (65) 10
Report on the 65^th session of the General Assembly

CURRENT WORK ON ITEMS ON THE UNIDROIT WORK PROGRAMME

Study L – Principles of International Commercial Contracts

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 19
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, second session, Hamburg, 2 – 5 March 2009. DRAFT CHAPTER ON PLURALITY OF OBLIGORS AND/OR OBLIGEES by Professor Marcel Fontaine, Emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain Law School – January 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 20
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, second session, Hamburg, 2 – 5 March 2009. DRAFT CHAPTER ON UNWINDING OF FAILED CONTRACTS by Professor Reinhard Zimmermann, Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg – January 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 21
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, second session, Hamburg, 2 – 5 March 2009. DRAFT CHAPTER ON ILLEGALITY by Professor Michael Furmston, Emeritus at the University of Bristol – February 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 22
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, second session, Hamburg, 2 – 5 March 2009. DRAFT CHAPTER ON CONDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS by Professor Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson, Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II – February 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 23
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, second session, Hamburg, 2 – 5 March 2009. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE (Hamburg, 2-5 March 2009) – March 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L - Doc. 109
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3^rd). Fourth session, Rome, 25-29 May 2009. Draft Chapter on Termination of Long Term Contracts for Just Cause. Revised draft rules with explanatory notes prepared by Professor François Dessemontet in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 3^rd session held in Rome, 26-29 May 2008 - January 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L - Doc. 110
Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3^rd). Fourth session, Rome, 25-29 May 2009. Draft Chapter on Unwinding of Failed Contracts. Revised draft rules with Comments prepared by Professor Reinhard Zimmermann in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 3^rd session held in Rome, 26-29 May 2008 - March 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L - Doc. 111 (rev.)
Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3^rd). Fourth session, Rome, 25-29 May 2009. Draft Chapter on Illegality. Revised draft rules prepared by Professors M.J. Bonell, B. Fauvarque-Cosson, M. Fontaine, M. Furmston, R. Goode and R. Zimmermann in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 3^rd session held in Rome, 26-29 May 2008. Comments prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat - May 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L - Doc. 112
Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3^rd). Fourth session, Rome, 25-29 May 2009. Draft Chapter on Plurality of Obligors and/or Obligees. Revised draft rules prepared by Professor Marcel Fontaine in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 3^rd session held in Rome, 26-29 May 2008 - April 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L - Doc. 113
Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3^rd). Fourth session, Rome, 25-29 May 2009. Draft Chapter on Conditional Obligations. Revised draft rules prepared by Professor Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson in the light of the discussions of the Working Group at its 3^rd session held in Rome, 26-29 May 2008 - April 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L - Misc. 29
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3^rd). Fourth session, Rome, 25–28 May 2009. Summary Records of the 4^th session of the Working Group (25-28 May 2009) (prepared by the Secretariat of UNIDROIT) - October 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 24
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, third session, Hamburg, 25-28 January 2010. Article 1.4 (Mandatory Rules). Revised Comments, by Professor Michael Joachim Bonell, Consultant, UNIDROIT – November 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 25
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, third session, Hamburg, 25-28 January 2010. Draft [Chapter][Section] on [Illegality][Infringement of Mandatory Rules], by Professor Michael Joachim Bonell, Consultant, UNIDROIT – November 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 25 Add.
Working Group for the preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, third session, Hamburg, 25-28 January 2010. Draft [Chapter][Section] on [Illegality][Infringement of Mandatory Rules]. A Reporter’s Note, by Professor Michael Joachim Bonell, Consultant, UNIDROIT – December 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 26
Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, third session, Hamburg, 25-28 January 2010. Draft Chapter on Plurality of Obligors and/or Obligees, by Professor Marcel Fontaine, Emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain Law School - November 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 27
Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, third session, Hamburg, 25-28 January 2010. Draft Rules on Restitution, by Professor Reinhard Zimmermann, Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg – December 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study L – WP. 28
Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts (3rd). Drafting Committee, third session, Hamburg, 25-28 January 2010. Draft Chapter on Conditional Obligations, by Professor Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson, Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II – December 2009

Study LIX A – Model Law on Leasing

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study LIX A - Doc. 19
UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing: first draft of an Official Commentary (prepared by Mr R. M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing) – March 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study LIX A - Doc. 20
Meeting of those invited by the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing to work in close co-operation with the UNIDROIT Secretariat for the preparation of an Official Commentary on the UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing, Rome, 23/24 June 2009. First draft of an Official Commentary (prepared by Mr R.M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session): Comments (by the Chairmen of the Committee of governmental experts and the Governments of Canada, France and the United States of America, as members of the Drafting Committee of the Committee of governmental experts) – May 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study LIX A - Doc. 21
Meeting of those invited by the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing to work in close co-operation with the UNIDROIT Secretariat for the preparation of an Official Commentary on the UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing, Rome, 23/24 June 2009. First draft of an Official Commentary (prepared by Mr R.M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session): Article-by-Article chart of the comments (submitted by the Chairmen of the Committee of governmental experts and the Governments of Canada, France and the United States of America, as members of the Drafting Committee of the Committee of governmental experts) – May 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study LIX A - Doc. 22
Meeting of those invited by the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing to work in close co-operation with the UNIDROIT Secretariat for the preparation of an Official Commentary on the UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing, Rome, 23/24 June 2009. First draft of an Official Commentary (prepared by Mr R.M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session): Proposed drafting amendments (by the Government of Canada) – June 2009

Study LXV – Programme of Legal Co-operation

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study LXV – Scholarships; Impl. 20 rev.
Research Scholarships Programme: Implementation Report for the Financial Year 2008

Study LXXII J – International Interests in Space Property

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study LXXII J - Doc. 16
Steering Committee to build consensus around the provisional conclusions reached by the Government/industry meeting held in New York on 19 and 20 June 2007. Sub-committee on public service, Paris, 13 May 2009. Summary Report (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – June 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 - Study LXXII J - Doc. 17
Steering Committee to build consensus around the provisional conclusions reached by the Government/industry meeting regarding the preliminary draft Space Assets Protocol held in New York on 19 and 20 June 2007. Second meeting, Paris, 14/15 May 2009. Summary Report (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – June 2009

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: Sub-Committee to examine certain aspects of the future international registration system for space assets (First meeting, Rome, 26/27 October 2009)

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./S.C.I.R.S./W.P. 1
DRAFT AGENDA (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – August 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./S.C.I.R.S./W.P. 2
INTRODUCTORY NOTE (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – August 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./S.C.I.R.S./W.P. 3
Preliminary summary of the responses received as of 19 October to the questionnaire on suitable identification criteria for the new categories of space asset referred to in Article I(2)(k) of the alternative text of the preliminary draft Space Protocol implementing the policy recommendations of the UNIDROIT Steering Committee, prepared by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr J.M. Deschamps (Canada) (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) - October 2009

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 (Third session, Rome, 7/11 December 2009)

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/O.B. 1
Draft order of business (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – November 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 1 rev.
Revised draft agenda (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – September 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 2 rev.
Revised explanatory note on the background to, and the revised draft agenda for the session (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – September 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 3
Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (opened to signature in Cape Town on 16 November 2001)

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 4
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) – July 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 5 rev.
Alternative text of the Preliminary Draft Space Protocol as prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of Governmental Experts. Explanatory memorandum on provisions of the alternative text implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada) – September 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 6 rev.
Comparative table of the text of the Preliminary Draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of Governmental Experts during its first session (UNIDROIT 2009 C.G.E. Space Pr./3/W.P. 4)) and the alternative text of the Preliminary Draft Protocol implementing the conclusions reached by the Steering Committee on those policy issues referred to intersessional work by the Committee of governmental experts at its second session (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada) (UNIDROIT 2009 C.G.E. Space Pr./3/W.P. 5 rev.)) (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – September 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 7 rev.
Report on the first meeting of the Sub-Committee to examine certain aspects of the future international registration system for space assets, Rome, 26/27 October 2009 (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat) – November 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 8 rev.
Alternative text of the Preliminary Draft Space Protocol incorporating technical amendments, for presentation to the Committee of Governmental Experts. Explanatory memorandum on technical amendments in the alternative text, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada) – September 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 9
Preliminary draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of governmental experts at its first session (Rome, 15/19 December 2003)) and alternative text of the preliminary draft Protocol, implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of governmental experts, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada): Comments and proposals submitted by Governments, Organisations and the international commercial space, financial and insurance communities - November 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 10
Preliminary draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of governmental experts at its first session (Rome, 15/19 December 2003)) and alternative text of the preliminary draft Protocol, implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of governmental experts, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada): Comments and proposal on Article 1(2)(k) of the alternative text submitted by Mr S. Kozuka (Sophia University, Tokyo) – November 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 11
Preliminary draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of governmental experts at its first session (Rome, 15/19 December 2003)) and alternative text of the preliminary draft Protocol, implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of governmental experts, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada): Comments on the alternative text submitted by the Government of the People's Republic of China – December 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 12
Preliminary draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of governmental experts at its first session (Rome, 15/19 December 2003)) and alternative text of the preliminary draft Protocol, implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of governmental experts, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada): Comments submitted by the Government of the United Kingdom

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 13
Preliminary draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of governmental experts at its first session (Rome, 15/19 December 2003)) and alternative text of the preliminary draft Protocol, implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of governmental experts, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada): Comments on the alternative text submitted by the Government of Canada

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 14
Preliminary draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of governmental experts at its first session (Rome, 15/19 December 2003)) and alternative text of the preliminary draft Protocol, implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of governmental experts, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada): Comments on the alternative text submitted by the Government of the Sudan

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 15
Summary Report for 7 December 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 16
Preliminary draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of governmental experts at its first session (Rome, 15/19 December 2003)) and alternative text of the preliminary draft Protocol, implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of governmental experts, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada): Statement made by the International Telecommunication Union (I.T.U.)

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 17
Summary Report for 8 December 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 18
Preliminary draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of governmental experts at its first session (Rome, 15/19 December 2003)) and alternative text of the preliminary draft Protocol, implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of governmental experts, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada): Position Paper (submitted by the National Space Agency of Ukraine)

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 19
Preliminary draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets (as revised by the Committee of governmental experts at its first session (Rome, 15/19 December 2003)) and alternative text of the preliminary draft Protocol, implementing policy issues referred to and examined by the Steering Committee (prepared, at the request of the Steering Committee, for presentation to the Committee of governmental experts, by Professor Sir Roy Goode (United Kingdom) and Mr Michel Deschamps (Canada): Comments on the alternative text (submitted by Intelsat and SES)

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 20 rev.
Report of the Drafting Committee

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 21
Summary Report for 9 December 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 22
Summary Report for 10 December 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 23
Report on the work of the Informal Working Group on limitations on remedies

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 24
Report on the work of the Informal Working Group on default remedies in relation to components

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 25
Summary Report for 11 December 2009

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/W.P. 26
Summary Report for 11 December 2009 (afternoon)

UNIDROIT 2009 – C.G.E./Space Pr./3/Report rev.
Report