United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in the United States

Article 95

Any State may declare at the time of the deposit of its instrument of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession that it will not be bound
by subparagraph (1)(b) of article 1 of this Convention.

Article 96

A Contracting State whose legislation requires contracts of sale to be
concluded in or evidenced by writing may at any time make a declaration in
accordance with article 12 that any provision of article 11, article 29, or
Part II of this Convention, that allows a contract of sale or its
modification or termination by agreement or any offer, acceptance, or other
indication of intention to be made in any form other than in writing, does
not apply where any party has his place of business in that State.

Article 97

(1) Declarations made under this Convention at the time of signature are
subject to confirmation upon ratification, acceptance or approval.

(2) Declarations and confirmations of declarations are to be in writing and
be formally notified to the depositary.

(3) A declaration takes effect simultaneously with the entry into force of
this Convention in respect of the State concerned. However, a declaration
of which the depositary receives formal notification after such entry into
force takes effect on the first day of the month following the expiration
of six months after the date of its receipt by the depositary. Reciprocal
unilateral declarations under article 94 take effect on the first day of
the month following the expiration of six months after the receipt of the
latest declaration by the depositary.

(4) Any State which makes a declaration under this Convention may withdraw
it at any time by a formal notification in writing addressed to the
depositary. Such withdrawal is to take effect on the first day of the month
following the expiration of six months after the date of the receipt of the
notification by the depositary.

(5) A withdrawal of a declaration made under article 94 renders
inoperative, as from the date on which the withdrawal takes effect, any
reciprocal declaration made by another State under that article.

Article 98

No reservations are permitted except those expressly authorized in this
Convention.

Article 99

(1) This Convention enters into force, subject to the provisions of
paragraph (6) of this article, on the first day of the month following the
expiration of twelve months after the date of deposit of the tenth
instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, including an
instrument which contains a declaration made under article 92.

(2) When a State ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this Convention
after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession, this Convention, with the exception of the Part
excluded, enters into force in respect of that State, subject to the
provisions of paragraph (6) of this article, on the first day of the month
following the expiration of twelve months after the date of the deposit of
its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

(3) A State which ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this Convention
and is a party to either or both the Convention relating to a Uniform Law
on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods done at
The Hague on 1 July 1964 (1964 Hague Formation Convention) and the
Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods
done at The Hague on 1 July 1964 (1964 Hague Sales Convention) shall at the
same time denounce, as the case may be, either or both the 1964 Hague Sales
Convention and the 1964 Hague Formation Convention by notifying the
Government of the Netherlands to that effect.

(4) A State party to the 1964 Hague Sales Convention which ratifies,
accepts, approves or accedes to the present Convention and declares or has
declared under article 52 that it will not be bound by Part II of this
Convention shall at the time of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession denounce the 1964 Hague Sales Convention by notifying the
Government of the Netherlands to that effect.

(5) A State party to the 1964 Hague Formation Convention which ratifies,
accepts, approves or accedes to the present Convention and declares or has
declared under article 92 that it will not be bound by Part III of this
Convention shall at the time of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession denounce the 1964 Hague Formation Convention by notifying the
Government of the Netherlands to that effect.

(6) For the purpose of this article, ratifications, acceptances, approvals
and accessions in respect of this Convention by States parties to the 1964
Hague Formation Convention or to the 1964 Hague Sales Convention shall not
be effective until such denunciations as may be required on the part of
those States in respect of the latter two Conventions have themselves
become effective. The depositary of this Convention shall consult with the
Government of the Netherlands, as the depositary of the 1964 Conventions,
so as to ensure necessary co-ordination in this respect.

Article 100

(1) This Convention applies to the formation of a contract only when the
proposal for concluding the contract is made on or after the date when the
Convention enters into force in respect of the Contracting States referred
to in subparagraph (1)(a) or the Contracting State referred to in
subparagraph (1)(b) of article 1.

(2) This Convention applies only to contracts concluded on or after the
date when the Convention enters into force in respect of the Contracting
States referred to in subparagraph (1)(a) or the Contracting State referred
to in subparagraph (1)(b) of article 1.

Article 101

(1) A Contracting State may denounce this Convention, or Part II or Part
III of the Convention, by a formal notification in writing addressed to the
depositary.

(2) The denunciation takes effect on the first day of the month following
the expiration of twelve months after the notification is received by the
depositary. Where a longer period for the denunciation to take effect is
specified in the notification, the denunciation takes effect upon the
expiration of such longer period after the notification is received by the
depositary.

DONE at Vienna, this day of eleventh day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and eighty, in a single original, of which the Arabic, Chinese,
English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized
by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention.


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