WORK PROGRAMME

UNIDROIT Work Programme for the triennial period 2020 – 2022

As adopted by the UNIDROIT General Assembly at its 78th session (12 December 2019), and integrated by the UNIDROIT General Assembly at its 79th session (17 December 2020)

 

 

A. Legislative activities

 

1. Secured transactions

(a) Implementation of Rail and Space Protocols ***

(b) Implementation of the MAC Protocol ***

(c) Preparation of other Protocols to the Cape Town Convention

(i) Ships and maritime transport equipment *

(ii) Renewable energy equipment *

(d) Model Law on Warehouse Receipts ***

 

2. Private law and agricultural development

(a) Preparation of an international guidance document on agricultural land
investment contracts ***

(b) Legal structure of agricultural enterprises **

 

3. Transnational principles of civil procedure

(a) Formulation of regional rules ***

(b) Best Practices for Effective Enforcement ***

(c) International Civil Procedure in Latin America*

 

4. Cultural Property

Private art collections*

 

5. International Commercial Contracts

Formulation of principles of reinsurance contracts *

 

6. Leasing and Factoring

(a) Model Law on Factoring ***

(b) Guide for enactment of the UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing*

 

7. Insolvency Law

The harmonisation of national insolvency laws for the liquidation of banks and rules of cooperation and coordination in cross border cases **

 

8. Digital Assets and Private Law ***

 

9.  Depositary functions ***

(a) Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment

(b) Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment

(c) Luxembourg Protocol on Matters Specific to Railway Rolling Stock

(d) Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Space Assets

(e) Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Mining, Agricultural
and Construction Equipment

(f) 2009 UNIDROIT Convention on Substantive Rules for Intermediated Securities

 

 

B. Implementation and promotion of UNIDROIT instruments ***

 

(a) Security Interests

(1) Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment

(2) Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment

(3) Luxembourg Protocol on Matters Specific to Railway Rolling Stock

(4) Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Space Assets Space

(5) Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Mining, Agricultural and Construction Equipment

 

(b) Capital Markets

(1) 2009 UNIDROIT Convention on Substantive Rules for Intermediated Securities

(2) 2013 Principles on Operation of Close-Out Netting Provisions

(3) UNIDROIT Legislative Guide on Intermediated Securities

 

(c) Commercial Contracts

(1) UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (2016)

(2) Principles of Reinsurance Contracts

 

(d) International sales

Tripartite Legal Guide to Uniform Legal Instruments in the Area of International Commercial Contracts (with a focus on sales)

 

(e) Civil Procedure

ELI-UNIDROIT Model European Rules on Civil Procedure

 

(f) Cultural Property

(1) UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects and
UNESCO-UNIDROIT Model Provisions on State ownership of undiscovered
cultural objects

 

(g) Agriculture

UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Contract Farming

 

 

C.  Non-legislative activities

 

1. UNIDROIT Library and Depository Libraries ***

2. Publications ***

3. Internships and scholarships ***

 

 

The level of priority assigned to the projects is as follows : high *** – medium ** – low *.