联合国国际货物买卖时效期限公约(中英对照).pdfVIP

Convention on the Limitation Period inthe InternationalSale of Goods as amended by the Protocol amending the Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods 经修正国际货物销售时效期公约的 议定书修正的国际货物销售 时效期公约 PREAMBLE TheStates Parties to thepresent Convention, Considering that internationaltrade is an importantfactor inthe promotion of friendly relations among States, Believing that the adoption of uniform rulesgoverning the limitation period in the international sale of goods would facilitate the development of world trade, Have agreed as follows: 本公约各缔约国， 鉴于国际贸易是促进各国间友好关系的一个重要因素， 深信制定关于国际货物销售时效期的统一规则将有助于世界 贸易的发展， 经协议如下： Part I. Substantive provisions 第一部分 . 实质性条款 SPHERE OF APPLICATION 适用范围 Article 1 (1)This Convention shall determine when claims of a buyer and a seller against each other arising from a contract of international sale of goods or relatingto its breach, termination or invalidity can no longer be exercised by reason of the expiration of a period of time. Such a periodof time is hereinafter referredto as “the limitation period”. (2)This Convention shall not affect a particulartime-limit within which one party is required, as a condition for the acquisition or exercise of his claim, to give noticeto the other party or perform any act other than the institution of legal proceedings. (3) Inthis Convention: (a) “buyer”, “seller”and “party” mean persons who buy or sell, or agree to buy or sell, goods, and the successors to and assigns of their rights or obligations underthe contract of sale; (b) “creditor” means a partywho asserts a claim, whether or not such a claim isfor a sum of money; (c) “de