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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Sale of goods - United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

206: Certificates about Contracting States

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“Understanding which countries agree to follow special rules when selling goods”

If you want to know if a country is part of a certain agreement about selling goods, or what they’ve said about the agreement, there’s an official way to find out. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or their Deputy, can write a special note called a certificate. This certificate can tell you two important things:

  1. Whether a country was part of the agreement on a specific day or during a certain time.

  2. If the country made any statements about the agreement, what those statements were, and when they were active.

When the Secretary or Deputy Secretary signs this certificate, everyone must accept what it says as true. It’s the final word on these matters, and no one can argue with it.

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Part 3 Sale of goods
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

206Certificates about Contracting States

  1. A certificate signed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or by a Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in relation to the matters referred to in subsection (2) is conclusive evidence for all purposes of the matters stated in the certificate.

  2. The matters are—

  3. whether or not, in respect of any specified day or period, a State is a Contracting State; and
    1. whether or not, in respect of any specified day or period, a declaration made under the Convention is effective in respect of a State and, if so, the contents of the declaration.

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