LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
1980 Vienna Diplomatic Conference

Organizational meetings

• 1st plenary meeting
• 2nd plenary meeting
• 3rd plenary meeting
• 4th plenary meeting
• 5th plenary meeting
• 6th plenary meeting

Decisions on the text of the CISG by the Plenary Conference

6th plenary meeting. Articles addressed:

• Draft article 1 [became CISG article 1]
• Draft article 2 [became CISG article 2]
• Draft article 3 [became CISG article 3]
• Draft article 4 [became CISG article 4]
• Draft article 4 bis [became CISG article 5]
• Draft article 5 [became CISG article 6]
• Draft article 6 [became CISG article 7]
• Draft article 7 [became CISG article 8]
• Draft article 8 [became CISG article 9]
• Draft article 9 [became CISG article 10]
• Draft article 10 [became CISG article 11]
• Draft article 11 [became CISG article 12]
• Draft article 11 bis [became CISG article 13]
• Draft article 12 [became CISG article 14]
• Draft article 13 [became CISG article 15]
• Draft article 14 [became CISG article 16]
• Draft article 15 [became CISG article 17]

7th plenary meeting. Articles addressed:

• Draft article 16 [became CISG article 18]
• Draft article 17 [became CISG article 19]
• Draft article 18 [became CISG article 20]
• Draft article 19 [became CISG article 21]
• Draft article 20 [became CISG article 22]
• Draft article 21 [became CISG article 23]
• Draft article 22 [became CISG article 24]
• Draft article 23 [became CISG article 25]
• Draft article 24 [became CISG article 26]
• Draft article 25 [became CISG article 27]
• Draft article 26 [became CISG article 28]
• Draft article 27 [became CISG article 29]
• Draft article 28 [became CISG article 30]
• Draft article 29 [became CISG article 31]
• Draft article 30 [became CISG article 32]
• Draft article 31 [became CISG article 33]
• Draft article 32 [became CISG article 34]
• Draft article 33 [became CISG article 35]
• Draft article 34 [became CISG article 36]
• Draft article 36 [became CISG article 38]
• Draft article 37 [became CISG article 39]
• Draft article 38 [became CISG article 40]
• Draft article 39 [became CISG article 41]
• Draft article 40 [became CISG article 42]
• Draft article 40 bis [became CISG article 43]
• Draft article 40 ter [became CISG article 44]
• Draft article 41 [became CISG article 45]
• Draft article 73 bis [became CISG article 78]

8th plenary meeting. Articles addressed:

• Draft article 41 (continued) [became CISG article 45]
• Draft article 42 [became CISG article 46]
• Draft article 43 [became CISG article 47]
• Draft article 44 [became CISG article 48]
• Draft article 45 [became CISG article 49]
• Draft article 46 [became CISG article 50]
• Draft article 47 [became CISG article 51]
• Draft article 48 [became CISG article 52]
• Draft article 49 [became CISG article 53]
• Draft article 50 [became CISG article 54]
• Draft article 51 [became CISG article 55]
• Draft article 52 [became CISG article 56]
• Draft article 53 [became CISG article 57]
• Draft article 54 [became CISG article 58]
• Draft article 55 [became CISG article 59]
• Draft article 56 [became CISG article 60]
• Draft article 57 [became CISG article 61]
• Draft article 58 [became CISG article 62]
• Draft article 59 [became CISG article 63]
• Draft article 60 [became CISG article 64]
• Draft article 61 [became CISG article 65]
• Draft article 78 [became CISG article 66]
• Draft article 79 [became CISG article 67]
• Draft article 80 [became CISG article 68]
• Draft article 73 bis (continued) [became CISG article 78]

9th plenary meeting. Articles addressed:

• Draft article 80 (continued) [became CISG article 68]
• Draft article 81 [became CISG article 69]
• Draft article 82 [became CISG article 70]
• Draft article 62 [became CISG article 71]

10th plenary meeting. Articles addressed:

• Preamble
• Draft article 80 (continued) [became CISG article 68]
• Draft article 62 (continued) [became CISG article 71]
• Draft article 63 [became CISG article 72]
• Draft article 64 [became CISG article 73]
• Draft article 70 [became CISG article 74]
• Draft article 71 [became CISG article 75 ]
• Draft article 72 [became CISG article 76]
• Draft article 73 bis (continued) [became CISG article 78]

11th plenary meeting. Articles addressed:

• Draft article 57 (continued) [became CISG article 61]
• Draft article 73 [became CISG article 77]
• Draft article 73 bis (continued) [became CISG article 78]
• Draft article 65 [became CISG article 79]
• Draft article 65 bis [became CISG article 80]
• Draft article 66 [became CISG article 81]
• Draft article 67 [became CISG article 82]
• Draft article 68 [became CISG article 83]
• Draft article 74 [became CISG article 85]
• Draft article 75 [became CISG article 86]
• Draft article 76 [became CISG article 87]
• Draft article 77 [became CISG article 88 ]
• Draft article A [became CISG article 89]
• Draft article D [became CISG article 90]
• Draft article F [became CISG article 91]
• Draft article G [became CISG article 92]
• Draft article B [became CISG article 93]
• Draft article C [became CISG article 94]
• Draft article C bis [became CISG article 95]
• Draft article (X) [became CISG article 96]
• Draft article H [became CISG article 97]
• Draft article Y [became CISG article 98]
• Draft article J [became CISG article 99]
• Draft article E [became CISG article 100]
• Draft article K [became CISG article 101]
• Testimonium: Authentic texts

12th plenary meeting.

• Signature of the Final Act and of the Convention
• Closure of the Conference

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