Press Release: Internal market: Commission receives mandate to negotiate UN Convention on ‘e-contracting’

The European Commission on 7 July 2005 received authorisation from the Council to open negotiations, on behalf of the EU, on a draft UN Convention aiming to make it easier to conclude international business-to-business contracts electronically. The negotiations were to take place within the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

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UNCITRAL: Homepage http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/index.html

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