International business law

Abbreviations for materials

- PPT = ppt presentation (summaries of classes. Can be donwloaded as one file IBLWhite.pdf or IBLBordeaux.pdf (either white or red background) or in separate parts (see below pro chapter)

- LIT = H. VAN HOUTTE, The Law of International Trade - Student edition, London, Sweet & Maxwell, 2002, 431 p. (attention, some parts outdated !!). Some parts on Toledo. table of contents at http://storme.be/LIT0.pdf

Overview of materials

PART I. GENERAL FRAMEWORK

* Topic 1. Sources and players

- PPT 1: http://www.storme.be/IBL1A.ppt

- LIT Ch. 1 p. 1-15 and Ch. 2 and p. 29-54: LIT1A.pdf, LIT1B.pdf

- International Court of Justice 3 feb 2012 in Jurisdictional immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy; Greece intervening), http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/143/16897.pdf

- UN Convention against corruption (in force 2005), "UNCAC": http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CAC/index.html

- OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business: http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34859_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

- OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/56/36/1922428.pdf

- Website of the Permanent Court of Arbitration: http://www.pca-cpa.org/showpage.asp?pag_id=363

* Topic 2. International private law

- PPT 2: http://www.storme.be/IBL2.ppt

- LIT Ch. 1 p.16-28: LIT2.pdf

- Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:177:0006:01:EN:HTML (from 17 December 2009 applicable (replacing the Rome Treaty 1980, except for Denmark)

- Regulation 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (applicable since 11 January 2009) : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:199:0040:01:EN:HTML

- Hague Convention of 14 March 1978 on the Law Applicable to Agency: http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=89

- ppt. H. van Houtte, "Lex mercatoria": http://www.storme.be/07.09.17lexMercatoriaDeusto.ppt

* Topic 3. WTO law

- PPT 3: http://www.storme.be/IBL3.ppt

- GATT 1994: http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/06-gatt_e.htm. The relevant tex being the GATT 1947 As emended, found at http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/gatt47_01_e.htm

Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) 1994: http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/gpr-94_01_e.htm

Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement (2012): http://docsonline.wto.org/imrd/directdoc.asp?DDFDocuments/t/PLURI/GPA/113.doc

SPS Agreement: http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/15sps_01_e.htm

TBT Agreement: http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/17-tbt_e.htm

Agreement on agriculture 1994: http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/14-ag_01_e.htm

Anti-dumping Agreement: http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/19-adp_01_e.htm

SCM (Subsidies and counterveiling measures) Agreement: http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/24-scm_01_e.htm

GATS: http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/26-gats_01_e.htm

DSU (Dispute Settlement Understanding) : http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/28-dsu_e.htm

these texts can be found together with all other WTO/GATT texts at http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/legal_e.htm#GATT94

- LIT p. 54-142: LIT3A.pdf, LIT3B.pdf, LIT3C.pdf, LIT3D.pdf

- Additional Background Literature: P. VAN DEN BOSSCHE & D. PREVOST, WTO Law in an nutshell (2009). Available as WTOLawinaNutshell2009.pdf .

- EU Trade Barriers Regulation (to file a complaint with the European Commission against tarde barriers): see http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/tbr/index_en.htm

- WTO Disputes: all information at http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm#disputes. See especially at http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/dispu_settlement_e.pdf the pdf of the book with one-page case summaries of the disputes settled 1995-2009

- UN Guiding principles on Human Rights and Business (endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council 16 June 2011): http://www.business-humanrights.org/media/documents/ruggie/ruggie-guiding-principles-21-mar-2011.pdf

PART II. TRANSACTIONS

* Topic 4. International sales

- PPT 4: http://www.storme.be/IBL4.ppt

- LIT4.pdf

CISG

- Texts of CISG: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/sale_goods/1980CISG.html (also at http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/text/treaty.html)

- An annotated English version of CISG: http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/text/cisg-toc.html

- Opinions of the CISG Advisory Council: http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/CISG-AC-op.html

- Uncitral (New York) convention on limitation periods: http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/sales/limit/limit-conv.pdf (or http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/sale_goods/1974Convention_limitation_period.html)

- Database: Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT) abstracts, mostly on CISG: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/case_law.html

- UNCITRAL Digest of Case Law on the United Nations Convention on the International Sales of Goods - 2008 revision: full text at http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/clout/08-51939_Ebook.pdf  

Summaries of recent cases on CLOUT (Case Law on Uncitral Texts): http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/case_law.html

the folllowing cases contain interesting examples of decisions on CISG : cases 859-867; cases 904-911; cases 930-938; cases 939-946; cases 975-982; cases 983-991; cases 992-999; cases 1017-1024; cases 1025-1032

- SYNOPSIS OF OPINIONS AND RECENT CASE LAW ON CISG from Summaries on CLOUT (Case Law on Uncitral Texts) with indication of related articles in CISG and UPICC: http://storme.be/CISGrecentcases.pdf

INCOTERMS

- Incoterms 2000 (in a Uncitral document): download via http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/other_organizations_texts.html (http://daccess-ods.un.org/TMP/2014352.82826424.html = http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/V00/530/93/PDF/V0053093.pdf?OpenElement)

- Summaries of Incoterms 2000 at http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/incoterms2000.html ; the"preambles" for each term at http://www.iccwbo.org/incoterms/id3040/index.html.

- Summary in chart i.a. at http://www.seafarer.su/useful_information.html, http://incoterms.atspace.com/incoterms2000/airfreight/chart.html and at http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incoterms

- Incoterms 2010 (as of Jan. 1, 20110) (the 5 D terms are replaced by 3 new D terms): on Toledo

- Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a Common European Sales Law Regulation, 11 October 2011: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/contract/files/common_sales_law/i11_1175_en.pdf

* Topic 5. General contract law

- PPT 5: http://www.storme.be/IBL5.ppt

- no chapter in LIT

UPICC 2010

- the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts 2010 in various languages (as well the rules only as the full version with comments): http://www.unidroit.org/english/principles/contracts/main.htm

- For those interested: the DCFR (without Comments) can be downloaded at http://www.storme.be/DCFR.html

E-COMMERCE

- UNCITRAL Model law on electronic commerce 1996/1998: http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/electcom/05-89450_Ebook.pdf

- UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts 2005 (not in force): http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/electronic_commerce/2005Convention.html

- EC Directives on e-signatures (1999/93) and e-commerce (2000/31):

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31999L0093:EN:HTML

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0031:EN:HTML

* Topic 6. Distribution agreements

- PPT 6: http://www.storme.be/IBL6.ppt

- LIT5.pdf (some parts outdated, see general warning above)

a) Contract law

- Belgian Act on Sole Distributorshop Contracts of July 27, 1961: http://www.juridat.be/cgi_loi/loi_N.pl?cn=1961072703 or http://www.juridat.be/cgi_loi/loi_F.pl?cn=1961072703

- Unidroit Model Franchise disclosure law (2002): http://www.unidroit.org/english/modellaws/2002franchise/main.htm

- Belgian Act of April 15, 1995 on precontractual information in franchising: http://www.juridat.be/cgi_loi/loi_N.pl?cn=2005121935 or http://www.juridat.be/cgi_loi/loi_F.pl?cn=2005121935

- Directive 653/1986 on Commercial Agency: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31986L0653:EN:HTML

b) IP law (trademarks and related)

- TRIPS 1994: http://www.wto.org/English/docs_e/legal_e/27-trips_01_e.htm

- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883 as amended 1967 ): http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/paris/summary_paris.html

c) Competition law

- TFEU Treaty: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:083:SOM:EN:HTML (replacing since Dec 1, 2009 the EC Treaty, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/dat/12002E/htm/12002E.html)

- C-453/99 Courage/Crehan, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:61999J0453:EN:HTML

- C-295/04, Manfredi / Lloyd Adriatico, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:62004J0295:EN:HTML

- Regulation 1/2003 (2003/2004 Reform of competition law) (amended 2006) - consolidated text 2006 at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2003R0001:20061018:EN:HTML

- See further legislation and other documents at http://ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/legislation/legislation.html, i.a.

"De minimis-notice" = Commission Notice on agreements of minor importance which do not appreciably restrict competition under Article 81(1) : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52001XC1222(03):EN:HTML (NB: 2001 Notice replaces the former "de minimis"-Notice of 1997)

- Block exemptions: the principle itself is found in Regulation 19/1965. The relevant block exemption regulation for vertical agreements is from June 1, 2010 on Regulation 330/2010 of 20 April 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the TFEU to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:102:0001:01:EN:HTML (replacing Regulation 2790/1999)

Apart from the general Block exemption regulation, there are some Regulations for specific sectors, such as the motor vehicle sector: Regulation 461/2010: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:129:0052:01:EN:HTML

The Commission has also published a Communication "Guidelines on Vertical restraints". The 1999 guidelines (on the 1999 regulation) have also been replaced in 2010: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:130:0001:01:EN:HTML

2004 Guidelines on the "effect on trade concept" contained in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52004XC0427(06):EN:NOT

2006 Commission notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases ("leniency legislation"): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52006XC1208(04):EN:NOT

* Topic 7. Transfer of technology (and intellectual property), incl. TRIPS

- PPT 7: http://www.storme.be/IBL7.ppt

- LIT6.pdf

a) IP rights

- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883 as amended 1967): supra

- PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) (international procedures): http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/articles/atoc.htm

- Additional PLT (WIPO Patent Law Treaty 2000, in force 2010) (harmonising national procedures) : http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/plt/trtdocs_wo038.html

- European Patent Convention (as in force 2007): http://www.epo.org/patents/law/legal-texts/html/epc/2000/e/contents.html

- Overview of the situation concerning the Community Patent: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/indprop/patent/index_en.htm i.a. Commission proposals of 13 April 2011 for 2 Regulations (enhanced cooperation, 25 member states, exept Spain and Italy) : http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/indprop/docs/patent/com2011-215-final_en.pdf

- OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises (revised 2000): http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/56/36/1922428.pdf

- Doha declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health (14 Nov. 2001): http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/min01_e/mindecl_trips_e.htm

- WIPO Copyright Treaty: http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/wct/

b) TRIPS

- TRIPS 1994: supra; refers to:

* Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883): supra

* Berne Convention on Copyright 1886 as amended by the Paris Act 1971: http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/

* Rome Convention 1961 for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations: http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/rome/

* NB: Washington Treaty of the  WIPO on Integrated Circuits 1989 not yet in force, only 3 ratifications (see http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/washington/)

c) Competition law

- Regulation 772/2004 (replacing Reg. 240/96): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32004R0772:EN:HTML
(Commission Regulation of 27 April 2004 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of technology transfer agreements)

- Regulation No 1217/2010 of 14 December 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union to categories of research and development agreements: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32010R1217:EN:NOT (replacing Reg. 2659/2000)

- Regulation No 1218/2010 of 14 December 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty to categories of specialisation agreements: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32010R1218:EN:NOT (replacing Reg. 2658/2000)

- Guidelines 2004 for transfer of technology agreements: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52004XC0427(01):EN:NOT

Guidelines 2011 for the assessment of horizontal cooperation agreements: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:011:0001:0072:EN:PDF

d) compliance

- WCO 'Model for National Legislation to give Customs additional powers to implement the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights': http://www.wcoipr.org/wcoipr/gfx/ModelLawfinal.doc (or http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:X2mSMpvCC8IJ:www.wcoipr.org/wcoipr/gfx/ModelLawfinal.doc)

- Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32003R1383:EN:HTML

- ACTA (open for signature October 1, 2011): http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2011/may/tradoc_147937.pdf

* Topic 8. (Protection of) Investment

PPT 8: http://www.storme.be/IBL8.ppt

LIT7.pdf (protection of investments)

- the TRIMs Agreement can also be found @ the WTO website: http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/18-trims_e.htm

- Energy Charter Treaty: http://www.encharter.org/fileadmin/user_upload/document/EN.pdf

- UN-Resolution No. 1803 from 1962: http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/193/11/PDF/NR019311.pdf?OpenElement (or via http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/17/ares17.htm)

- The 1965 ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules can be found at http://icsid.worldbank.org/ICSID/ICSID/RulesMain.jsp - the relevant pages are p. 7 to 33.

- ICSID Reports (Annual): at http://icsid.worldbank.org/ICSID/FrontServlet?requestType=ICSIDPublicationsRH&actionVal=ViewAnnualReports

OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises (revised 2000): http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/56/36/1922428.pdf

- UN Global Compact 2000: Ten Principles: http://www.unglobalcompact.org/AboutTheGC/TheTenPrinciples/index.html

* Topic 9. Financing & credit security

PPT 9: http://www.storme.be/IBL9.ppt

LIT8.pdf

- the UCP for documentary credits: since 2007 UCP 600: http://storme.be/UCP600.pdf.

the eUCP (electronic presentation supplement to the UCP) v. 1.1: http://storme.be/eUCPV1.pdf

ICC DOCDEX rules (dispute resolution): http://www.iccwbo.org/uploadedFiles/Court/DRS/DOCDEX/rules_docdex_english.pdf

- International Standby Practices (ISP98): download via http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/other_organizations_texts.html

- Unidroit convention on international leasing (Ottawa 1988): http://www.unidroit.org/english/conventions/1988leasing/1988leasing-e.htm

- Unidroit model law leasing: http://www.unidroit.org/english/modellaws/2008leasing/main.htm

- Uncitral 2003 Model Legislative Provisions on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/procurement_infrastructure/2003Model_PFIP.html (concerns concessions of public projects)

- United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit (1995): http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/payments/1995Convention_guarantees_credit.html

- ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG): version 758: http://storme.be/URDG758.pdf (old version 458 at http://storme.be/URDG.pdf)

- Uniform Rules for Contract Bonds 1993 (URCB) : download via http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/other_organizations_texts.html

- Syndicated loans: model contracts of the "Loan Market Association": http://www.loan-market-assoc.com/documents.aspx

- OECD 2011 Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits: http://www.oecd.org/document/42/0,3746,en_2649_34171_40898090_1_1_1_1,00.html

* Topic 9 - continued: Aspects of property and proprietary security

- included in PPT 9: http://www.storme.be/IBL9.ppt

- Assignment chapter in UPICC, see supra

- Unidroit convention on international factoring (Ottawa 1988): http://www.unidroit.org/english/conventions/1988factoring/1988factoring-e.htm (Status at http://www.unidroit.org/english/implement/i-88-f.pdf)

- Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, Cape Town 2001: http://www.unidroit.org/english/conventions/mobile-equipment/main.htm (Status at http://www.unidroit.org/english/implement/i-2001-convention.pdf)

- Property of intangible assets. IPL: Convention of 5 July 2006 on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities held with an Intermediary (not in force) : http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=72

- IPL: Convention of 1 July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition (in force): http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=59

* Topic 10. (International) Payments

PPT 10: http://www.storme.be/IBL10.ppt

LIT9.pdf

a) Monetary law

- IMF-Agreement ("Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund"): http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/aa/index.htm. See esp. art. VIII at http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/aa/aa08.htm

- See Unidroit PICC art. 6.1.9 (supra)

- Fact Sheet on SDR: https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/sdr.htm

b) Payment instruments and payment services

- Geneva Uniform Law on bills of exchange 1930: http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/bills.of.exchange.and.promissory.notes.convention.1930/toc.html

- Uncitral convention on Bills of exchange and promissory notes 1988: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/payments/1988Convention_bills_promissory.html

- Convention providing a Uniform Law for Cheques, Geneva, 19 March 1931 (25 ratifications): http://treaties.un.org/pages/LONViewDetails.aspx?src=LON&id=548&lang=en

- Uniform Rules on Collections (URC) v. 522 : http://www.bexi.co.id/images/_res/URC.pdf or http://www.storme.be/URC522.pdf

- Uncitral model law international credit transfers: http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/payments/transfers/ml-credittrans.pdf

- SEPA-Directive of November 13, 2007 on Payment services in the internal market (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:319:0001:01:EN:HTML) (replacing i.a. the EC-Directive 97/5 on money transfers)

Part III LITIGATION & INSOLVENCY

* Topic 11. International procedure and insolvency

PPT 11: http://www.storme.be/IBL11.ppt

LIT10.pdf

- European Judicial Atlas in civil matters: http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/judicialatlascivil/html/index_en.htm & European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters: http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/index_en.htm (with forms)

a) Jurisdiction

- Brussels-I-regulation: COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 44/2001of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (consolidated): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2001R0044:20070101:EN:PDF

- (latest developments - revision of Reg. Brussels-I: press release from 14 Dec. 2010: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1705&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en) (see also: proposal for a revised regulation http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/civil/docs/com_2010_748_en.pdf and impact assessment 14 Dec. 2010: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/civil/docs/sec_2010_1547_en.pdf

- Lugano Convention 15 October 2007: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32007D0712:EN:HTML

- Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005 (not yet in force): http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=98

- ECJ decision of in C-281/02 Owusu: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:62002J0281:EN:HTML

- ECJ decision of 10 February 2009, C-185/2007, Allianz v. West Tankers (antisuit injunction): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:62007J0185:EN:HTML

b) Procedure, evidence, enforcement order

- Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents), and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32007R1393:EN:HTML

- Hague Service Convention (in force in 64 states): http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=17

* Topic 12. International commercial arbitration

PPT 12: http://www.storme.be/IBL12.ppt

LIT11.pdf

- 1958 New York Convention on arbitration: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/arbitration/NYConvention.html

- 1985 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, with amendments as adopted in 2006: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/arbitration/1985Model_arbitration.html

- UNCITRAL arbitration rules (revised 2010): http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/arbitration/arb-rules-revised/arb-rules-revised-2010-e.pdf

- ICC arbitration rules: http://www.iccwbo.org/court/arbitration/id4424/index.html

- IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (1999, revised 2010): http://www.ibanet.org/Publications/publications_IBA_guides_and_free_materials.aspx#takingevidence

- texts at the website of the Leuven Institute for international trade law: http://www.law.kuleuven.be/ipr/eng/arbitration/documents.html and http://www.law.kuleuven.be/itl/en/links

- EU site on ADR: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/redress/out_of_court/index_en.htm (contains i.a. the recommendations on ADR)

- Some important arbitration organisations:

-- ICC, supra

-- China international Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission: http://www.cietac.org/index.cms

USEFUL WEBSITES

Lex mercatoria website full of information @ http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/