In drafting the rotterdam rules, the uncitral working group on transport law aimed to create an advanced and uniform law that includes provisions allowing for electronic transport records. The rules primarily address the legal relationship between carriers and cargoowners. This paper analyzes the proposal from the uncitral widely known as the. Authoritative information on the status of the treaties deposited with the secretarygeneral of the united nations, including historical status information, may be obtained by consulting the united nations treaty collection treaties. This was reexpressed in the press statement of uncitral, dated 29 june 2010, announcing in its heading. The revised uncitral arbitration rules of 2010 a commentary. The following summary of some general criticisms to the uncitral convention on contracts for the international carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea hereafter the rotterdam rules is dedicated to professor david attard, who understands legislative drafting and. United nations convention on contracts for the international carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea new york, 2008 the rotterdam rules united nations commission on international trade law. United nations convention on the carriage of goods by sea, 1978 preamble the states parties to this convention, having recognized the desirability of determining by agreement certain rules relating to the carriage of goods by sea. United nations commission on international trade law. Look up words and phrases in comprehensive, reliable bilingual dictionaries and search through billions of online translations. Overview of the convention the uncitral perspective. Asariotis r, main obligations and liabilities of the shipper under the uncitral.
A summary of some general criticisms of the uncitral. The following summary of some general criticisms to the uncitral convention on contracts for the international carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea hereafter the rotterdam rules is dedicated to professor david attard, who understands legislative drafting and the advantages of precision and concision. The rotterdam rules formally, the united nations convention on contracts for the international carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea is a treaty proposing new international rules to revise the legal framework for maritime affreightment and carriage of goods by sea. United nations convention on contracts for the international carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea new york, 2008 the rotterdam rules adopted by the general assembly on 11 december 2008, the convention establishes a uniform and modern legal regime governing the rights and obligations of shippers, carriers and consignees under a contract for doortodoor carriage that includes an international sea leg. United nations convention on the carriage of goods by sea. This edition of the hamburg rules incorporates the explanatory note by the uncitral secretariat pre viously issued as ncn. The rules primarily address the legal relationship between carriers and. Translate texts with the worlds best machine translation technology, developed by the creators of linguee. The uncitral law library is the specialized trade law library of the united nations. European shippers council on the convention on contracts for the international carrying sic of goods wholly or partly by sean also known as the rotterdam rules, march 2009. Secretariado da uncitral, vienna international centre. The uncitral secretariat also prepares yearly a document containing the status of conventions and enactments of uncitral model laws. It was established in 1979 in vienna as a reference and research library for the secretariat and participants in intergovernmental meetings convened by uncitral.
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