Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Invoices

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The Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Invoices is a regional treaty that harmonizes conflict-of-law rules governing negotiable instruments among member states of the Organization of American States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international treaty
multilateral convention
alsoKnownAs Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes and Invoices NERFINISHED
appliesTo conflicts of law relating to bills of exchange
conflicts of law relating to invoices
conflicts of law relating to promissory notes
governs choice of law rules for obligations arising from bills of exchange
choice of law rules for obligations arising from invoices
choice of law rules for obligations arising from promissory notes
language English
French
Portuguese
Spanish
legalDomain conflict of laws
private international law
legalEffect provides uniform rules for determining applicable law in disputes over negotiable instruments
legalSystem Inter-American system NERFINISHED
partyType open to OAS member states
purpose to determine the law applicable to bills of exchange, promissory notes, and invoices in international situations
to harmonize conflict-of-law rules for negotiable instruments among OAS member states
region Americas NERFINISHED
relatedTo Inter-American conventions on private international law NERFINISHED
harmonization of commercial law in the Americas
scope cross-border transactions involving negotiable instruments among OAS member states
sponsoredBy Organization of American States NERFINISHED
subjectMatter bills of exchange
invoices
negotiable instruments
promissory notes

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Treaties of the Organization of American States hasPart Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Invoices