United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

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international treaty uniform sales law

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is an international treaty that harmonizes and governs the rules for cross-border sale of goods contracts between businesses in member states.

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United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods canonical	1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ uniform sales law ⓘ
abbreviation	UNCITRAL CISG NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedAt	United Nations Conference on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptionCountry	Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptionDate	1980-04-11 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
allows	contracting out by parties ⓘ derogation from or variation of the effect of its provisions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Vienna Sales Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	contracts of sale of goods between parties whose places of business are in different States ⓘ cross-border sale of goods between businesses ⓘ
appliesWhen	States are Contracting States ⓘ rules of private international law lead to the law of a Contracting State ⓘ
basedOn	principle of party autonomy ⓘ
category	United Nations treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ commercial law treaty ⓘ sales law convention ⓘ
concludedIn	Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Part I – Sphere of application and general provisions ⓘ Part II – Formation of the contract ⓘ Part III – Sale of goods NERFINISHED ⓘ Part IV – Final provisions ⓘ
defines	fundamental breach of contract ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	aircraft ⓘ auctions ⓘ consumer sales ⓘ contracts in which the preponderant part of the obligations of the party who furnishes the goods consists in the supply of labour or other services ⓘ hovercraft ⓘ investment securities ⓘ sales of goods bought for personal use ⓘ ships ⓘ stocks and shares ⓘ vessels ⓘ
draftedBy	United Nations Commission on International Trade Law NERFINISHED ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate	1988-01-01 ⓘ
fieldOfUse	cross-border trade in goods ⓘ international commercial transactions ⓘ
governingBody	United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	international sale of goods contracts ⓘ
hasArticle	Article 1 ⓘ Article 2 ⓘ Article 25 ⓘ Article 3 ⓘ Article 4 ⓘ
hasMechanism	reservation system for Contracting States ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
legalSystem	international commercial law ⓘ
permitsReservation	Article 95 reservation ⓘ Article 96 reservation ⓘ
purpose	to harmonize international sales law ⓘ to provide a uniform framework for international sale of goods contracts ⓘ to reduce legal barriers in international trade ⓘ
relatedTo	Hague Uniform Laws on the International Sale of Goods NERFINISHED ⓘ UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts NERFINISHED ⓘ
resolutionNumber	UN General Assembly Resolution 33/93 NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	CISG NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedIn	Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	anticipatory breach ⓘ conformity of goods ⓘ damages for breach of contract ⓘ formation of contracts for the international sale of goods ⓘ obligations concerning delivery and payment ⓘ passing of risk in goods ⓘ remedies for breach of contract ⓘ rights and obligations of the seller and the buyer ⓘ

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United Nations Commission on International Trade Law → topicOf → United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ⓘ