1.Treaty Law 1
A.Introductory Text 1
1.Vienna Convention on the Law ofTreaties,1969 1
B.Instruments 7
(I) Vienna Convention on the Law ofTreaties 7
2.International and European Restatements of Contract Law 30
A.Introductory Text 30
B.Instruments 36
(I) UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, 2010 36
(Ⅱ) Principles of European Contract Law, 1999 and 2002 68
3.Electronic Commerce 103
A.Introductory Text 103
1.UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce, 1996 104
2.UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures, 2001 108
3.EC Directive on Electronic Commerce, 2000 109
4.EC Directive on Electronic Signatures, 1999 111
5.CMI Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading, 1990 111
6.The Bolero Bill of Lading 112
7.The eUCP 113
8.The URDG 113
9.The Rotterdam Rules 113
10.UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Trade 113
B.Instruments 115
(Ⅰ) UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce, 1996 115
(Ⅱ) UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures, 2001 124
(Ⅲ) EC Directive on Electronic Commerce, 2000 130
(Ⅳ) EC Directive on Electronic Signatures, 1999 147
(Ⅴ) CMI Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading, 1990 156
(Ⅵ) United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts 159
4.International Sales 167
A.Introductory Text 167
1.United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods,1980 168
2.Incoterms,2010 175
B.Instruments 176
(I) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, 1980 176
(II) Incoterms, 2010 195
5.International Carriage of Goods 232
A.Introductory Text 232
1.International Carriage of Goods by Sea 233
2.International Carriage of Goods by Air 239
3.International Carriage of Goods by Road 244
B.Instruments 250
(Ⅰ) International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Bills of Lading,Brussels,1924(Hague Rules) 250
(Ⅱ) Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading,1968(Visby Rules) 258
(Ⅲ) Protocol to the Hague-Visby Rules,1979 263
(Ⅳ) United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea,1978(Hamburg Rules) 266
(Ⅴ) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea,2009(Rotterdam Rules) 280
(Ⅵ) Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention) 310
(Ⅶ) Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 325
(Ⅷ) Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road,1978(CMR) 339
(Ⅸ) Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) Concerning the Electronic Consignment Note,2008 343
6.Agency and Distribution 348
A.Introductory Text 348
1.The ‘First Company Directive’(EEC) 350
2.The EEC Directive on Commercial Agents, 1986 350
3.The UNIDROIT Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods 351
4.UNIDROIT Model Franchise Disclosure Law; ICC Model International Franchising Contract 354
B.Instruments 356
(Ⅰ) First Company Directive (EEC), 1968, as codified in 2009 356
(Ⅱ) EEC Directive on Commercial Agents, 1986 364
(Ⅲ) UNIDROIT Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods, 1983 370
(Ⅳ) UNIDROIT Model Franchise Disclosure Law, 2002 377
7.International Credit Transfers and Bank Payment Undertakings 383
A.Introductory Text 383
1.International Credit Transfers 385
2.Documentary Credits 386
3.Demand Guarantees 389
B.Instruments 397
(Ⅰ) UNCITRAL Model Law on International Credit Transfers,1992 397
(Ⅱ) ⅡCC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits,2007 revision (UCP600) 405
(Ⅲ) Supplement to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits for Electronic Presentation (eUCP) Version 1.1,2007 420
(Ⅳ) ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees,2010revision(URDG758) 423
(Ⅴ) International Standby Practices,1998(ISP98) 437
(Ⅵ) UN Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit, 1995 455
(Ⅶ) ICC Uniform Rules for Contract Bonds,1993 463
8.International Secured Transactions 468
A.Introductory Text 468
1.Secured Transactions in General 469
2.Mobile Equipment Financing Conventions 471
3.Other Equipment Financing Conventions and Model Laws 479
4.International Receivables Financing Transactions 482
B.Instruments 486
(Ⅰ) General 486
(a) ERBD Model Law on Secured Transactions, 1994 486
(b) Model Inter-American Law on Secured Transactions, 2002 506
(Ⅱ) Equipment Financing Conventions 518
(a) International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1926 518
(b) International Convention on Arrest of Sea-Going Ships, 1952 524
(c) International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 530
(d) International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 537
(e) International Convention on Precautionary Attachment of Aircraft, 1933 543
(f) International Convention on Recognition of Rights in Aircraft, 1948 547
(g) Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, 2001 555
(h) Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment,2001 575
(i) Luxembourg Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Railway Rolling Stock, 2007 589
(Ⅲ) Other Equipment Financing Instruments 603
(a) UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing, 1988 603
(b) UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing, 2008 610
(Ⅳ) International Receivables Financing Conventions 616
(a) UNIDROIT Convention on International Factoring, 1988 616
(b) UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade, 2001 622
9.Cross-Border Insolvency 638
A.Introductory Text 638
1.The UNCITRAL Model Law 639
2.The EC Insolvency Regulation 640
B.Instruments 645
(Ⅰ) UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, 1997 645
(Ⅱ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings 655
(Ⅲ) Regulations Implementing Council Regulation (EU) No 210/2010 670
10.Securities Custody, Clearing and Settlement, and Securities Collateral 680
A.Introductory text 680
1.UNIDROIT Securities Convention 680
2.EC Settlement Finality Directive,as amended 685
3.EC Financial Collateral Directive,as amended 687
B.Instruments 690
(Ⅰ) UNIDROIT Convention on Substantive Rules for Intermediated Securities, 2009 690
(Ⅱ) EC Settlement Finality Directive, 1998 707
(Ⅲ) EC Directive on Financial Collateral Arrangements, 2002 713
(Ⅳ) EC Directive Amending the Settlement Finality Directive and the Financial Collateral Directive 723
11.Conflict of Laws 731
A.Introductory Text 731
1.Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Agency, 1978 731
2.Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, 1986 734
3.EC Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Rome Ⅰ) 736
4.Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts, 1994 740
5.Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an ntermediary, 2006 742
B.Instruments 747
(Ⅰ) Convention on the Law Applicable to Agency, 1978 747
(Ⅱ) Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, 1986 752
(Ⅲ) EC Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations,1980(RomeⅠ) 758
(Ⅳ) Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts, 1994 772
(Ⅴ) Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary, 2006 777
12.International Civil Procedure 786
A.Introductory Text 786
1.European Convention on State Immunity, 1972 786
2.UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property, 2004 790
3.Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, 2005 794
4.EC Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 797
5.The Las Lenas and Buenos Aires Protocols to the MERCOSURTreaty 801
6.Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, 1965 804
7.EC Regulation on the Service in the Member States of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters 805
8.Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, 1970 807
9.EC Regulation on Cooperation between Courts of the Member States in the Taking of Evidence in Civil or Commercial Matters 808
10.ALI/UNIDROIT Principles ofTransnational Civil Procedure,2004 809
B.Instruments 811
(Ⅰ) European Convention on State Immunity, 1972 811
(Ⅱ) UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities, 2004 825
(Ⅲ) Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, 2005 835
(Ⅳ) Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001 844
(Ⅴ) MERCOSUR/CMC/DEC No.05/92 865
(Ⅵ) MERCOSUR/CMC/DEC No.07/02 872
(Ⅶ) Buenos Aires Protocol on International Jurisdiction in Contractual Matters, 1994 876
(Ⅷ) Hague Convention on the Service Abroad, 1965 880
(Ⅸ) Regulation (EC) No.1393/2007 892
(Ⅹ) Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad, 1970 934
(Ⅺ) Regulation (EC) No.1206/2001 on Cooperation between courts 943
(Ⅻ) ALI/UNIDROIT Principles ofTransnational Civil Procedure, 2004 960
13.International Commercial Arbitration 968
A.Introductory Text 968
1.The New York Convention 969
2.The Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 970
3.The UNCITRAL Model Law 971
4.MERCOSURAgreement, 1998 972
5.Rules of Arbitration as Party-Determined Framework for Dispute Settlement through Arbitration 974
B.Instruments 984
(Ⅰ) Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958 984
(Ⅱ) Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration, 1975 991
(Ⅲ) UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, 1985 994
(Ⅳ) UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, 2010 1009
(Ⅴ) MERCOSUR No.03/98 1024
(Ⅵ) Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, 2012 1032
Index 1047