Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods

Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods

Text of Convention

• Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (concluded at New York on 14 June 1974) as amended by the Protocol Attending the Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (concluded at Vienna on 11 April 1980)
  • Including Introductory Note and Explanatory Note by UNCITRAL Secretariat

Overview comments

• Kazuaki Sono, The Limitation Convention: The Forerunner to Establish UNCITRAL’s Credibility (September 2003)

Contracting States

• Current information is available at <https://uncitral.un.org/en/texts/salegoods/conventions/limitation_period_international_sale_of_goods/status>.

Legislative history

•   Limitation Convention of 1974
•   1980 Protocol Attending the Limitation Convention of 1974

Doctrine

Selected commentaries

• Sono Commentary on the Limitation Convention of 1974 with additions to accommodate the 1980 Protocol
• Enderlein and Maskow Commentary on the Limitation Convention of 1974 as Amended by the 1980 Protocol

Selected bibliography of other commentaries

• American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice - Reports to the House of Delegates - I. Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods, 24 International Lawyer (1990) 583-599 [This is a report that emanated from the Section's Committee on Private International Law. Professor John O. Honnold was primarily responsible.]
• Hans Smit, The Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods: UNCITRAL's First-Born, 23 American Journal of Comparative Law (1975) 337-362
• Peter Winship, The Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods: The United States adopts UNCITRAL's firstborn, 28 International Lawyer (1994) 1071-1081
• Other citations