96TH SESSION (ROME, 10-12 MAY 2017)

Documents in connection with the 96th session of the Governing Council of UNIDROIT
(Rome, 10-12 May 2017)

 

· Summary of the Conclusions (C.D. (96) Misc. 2)

· Report (C.D. (96) 15)

 

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Provisional Order of Business (C.D. (96) Misc. 1)

1. Adoption of the annotated draft agenda (C.D. (96) 1 rev. 3)

2. Appointment of the First and Second Vice-Presidents of the Governing Council (C.D. (96) 1 rev.)

3. Reports

(a) Annual Report 2016 (C.D. (96) 2)
(b) Report of the Uniform Law Foundation

4. International Interests in Mobile Equipment

(a) Implementation and status of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol and of the
Space Protocol (C.D. (96) 3)

[Related documents:
– UNIDROIT 2017 – C.D. (96) 2;
– UNIDROIT 2016 – C.D. (95) 4;
– UNIDROIT 2016 – C.D. (95) 2.]

(b) Preliminary Draft Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific
to Agricultural, Mining and Construction Equipment (C.D. (96) 4)

[Related document: UNIDROIT 2017 – Study 72K – CGE1 – Report]

5. Transactions on Transnational and Connected Capital Markets: Consideration and
adoption of the UNIDROIT Legislative Guide on Intermediated Securities (C.D. (96) 5)

6. Private Law and Agricultural Development

(a) Follow-up activities and promotion of the UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on
Contract Farming (C.D. (96) 6(a))

[Related documents:
– UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Contract Farming;
– Contract Farming webpage;
– Community of Practice on Legal Aspects of Contract Farming Webpage.]

(b) Preparation of an international guidance document on agricultural land investment contracts
(C.D. (96) 6(b))

[Related document: UNIDROIT 2016 – C.D. (95) 7(b)]

7. Transnational civil procedure – formulation of regional rules (C.D. (96) 7) – (C.D. (96) 7add.)

[Related documents:
– UNIDROIT 2016 – C.D. (95) 8;
– UNIDROIT 2017 – C.D. (96) 2.]

8. International Commercial Contracts: Formulation of principles of reinsurance contracts

9. International Sales Law: Preparation of a guidance document on existing texts in the
area of international sales law in cooperation with UNCITRAL and the Hague Conference
on Private International Law (C.D. (96) 8)

[Related documents:
– UNIDROIT 2016 – C.D. (95) 8;
– UNIDROIT 2017 – C.D. (96) 2.]

10. International protection of cultural property (C.D. (96) 9)

(a) Follow-up activities and promotion of the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on
Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects
(b) Private art collections

[Related document: Annual Report 2016 (C.D.(96) 2)]

11. Promotion of UNIDROIT instruments (C.D. (96) 10)

[Related document: Annual Report 2016 (C.D.(96) 2)]

12. Library and research activities (C.D. (96) 11)

[Related document: Annual Report 2016 (C.D.(96) 2)]

13. UNIDROIT information resources and policy (C.D. (96) 12)

(a) Uniform Law Review/ Revue de droit uniforme and other publications
(b) The UNIDROIT Web Site and Depository Libraries for UNIDROIT documentation

[Related documents:
– Annual report 2016 – (C.D. (96) 2;
– UNIDROIT 2013 – C.D. (92) 12;
– UNIDROIT 2014 – C.D. (93) 11;
– UNIDROIT 2015 – C.D. (94) 11;
– UNIDROIT 2016 – C.D. (95) 12.]

14. Administrative matters

(a) Preparation of the draft budget for the 2018 financial year (C.D. (96) 13 (a))

[Related document:
Draft budget 2018 – First estimates (UNIDROIT 2017 – F.C.(81) 2)]

(b) Report of the Permanent Committee (C.D. (96) 13 (b))

15. Date and venue of the 97th session of the Governing Council (C.D. (96) 1 rev.)

16. Any other business (C.D. (96) 14)

Private  Law  and Development – Cooperation  with  the  Legal  Forum  on  Law  Justice  and Development  (LFLJD)  and  possible  future  work  in  relation  with  the  “Human – Centered Business Model” Project (C.D. (96) 14)

17. International Colloquium on EU law and national private law (12 May 2017) (C.D. (96) 1 rev.)

The Impact of EU Law on National Private Law Competition, Internal Market, Directives, Ex Officio Application (UNIDROIT, Rome, 12 May 2017).