- to revise the application test of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
- to understand the importance of the autonomous will of the parties
- to be able to describe the process of concluding a sales contract with an international element
- how to deal with commercial terms and conditions and their incorporation into a sales contract
- to learn what a battle of forms is and how it can be resolved
- arbitration agreements, clauses and contracts
- how to deal with "pathological" arbitration clauses
International Trade Law
Seminar No. 2 – Conditions of application of the CISG. Conclusion of a sales contract with an international element, terms and conditions and their incorporation, battle of forms. Arbitration agreement.
Objectives of the second seminar:
Preparation
- read carefully Articles 1 to 24 of the CISG
- bring
- Rome I Regulation
- Czech Private International Law Act (PILA)
- Czech Arbitration Act
- the (New York) Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
- to assist you in preparation you may find the PMO cast on the application of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (available via the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIfZQQ2ed30) and on arbitrability (available via the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDY3IpujSzA)
- Have the assignment for the 1st seminar with you, if there is anything that has not been covered
TIP
The text of the CISG and other useful links, including CISG contracting states, can be found in the common PMO casts folder. Useful links to the CISG. Clauses to practice. Publications Clauses. VIS MOOT.
Assignment
Please, see below.
Legal Acts
- United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
- Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I)
- Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II)
- Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (Brussels I bis)
- Act No. 91/2012 Coll., on Private International Law
- Act No. 216/1994 Coll., on Arbitration and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
Also keep a list of CISG contracting states and their respective reservations.
Important Notice:
Parties to the Convention may make several reservations to the Convention to the effect that the Convention will not apply to them in certain respects. In the past, the Czech Republic has made a reservation to the Convention under Article 95 CISG - it was not bound by the wording of Article 1(1)(b) CISG (i.e. the Convention cannot be applied if one party to the contract is from a Contracting State to the Convention and the other party to the contract of sale is not from a Contracting State to the Convention).
With effect from 1 June 2018, this reservation has been withdrawn by the Czech Republic and will not apply. The Convention is thus applicable in the Czech Republic to the full extent of Article 1.
COMPULSORY READING:
Rozehnalová, N., Valdhans, J., Kyselovská T. Právo mezinárodního obchodu. Včetně problematiky mezinárodního rozhodčího řízení. 4. vydání. 2021:
- Chapter XI.1 - Úvod (pp. 179-184)
- Chapter XI.2 - Obecná ustanovení (pp. 184- 209)
- Chapter XI.3 - Vznik smlouvy (pp. 209-225)
- Chapter XXI - Mezinárodní rozhodčí smlouva (pp. 426-458)
Additional study materials:
- CISG Advisory Council Opinion No 13 - Inclusion of Standard Terms under the CISG
- ROZEHNALOVÁ, N.; DRLIČKOVÁ, K.; VALDHANS, J. a kol. Nový občanský zákoník pohledem mezinárodních obchodních transakcí. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014.
- Cisár, I. The Application of CISG in International Arbitration. in: Drličková, K., Halla, S. First Brno Arbitration Conference 2017: Current Issues of International Commercial Arbitration (Conference Proceedings), Brno: Masaryk University. 2017, p. 33–47.
- Janssen A., Spilker, M. The Application of the CISG in the World of International Commercial Arbitration. Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht. 2013, p. 131–157
- Vaughn, G. F., Duggal, K. On international arbitration, choice of substantive law, and the CISG: a case law study. Arbitration International. 2022, p. 187-202
- Viscasillas, Maria. “Battle of the Forms” Under the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: A Comparison with Section 2-207 UCC and the UNIDROIT Principles. 10 Pace International Law Review. 1998, p. 97–155
PMO CAST (On CISG and ARBITRABILITY - YouTube links)
Glossary
acceptance: přijetí
to be bound: být vázán
counter-offer: protinabídka
irrevocable: neodvolatelný
limitation: omezení
modification: změna
offer: nabídka
offeree: adresát (nabídky)
offeror: navrhovatel
proposal: návrh
to revoke: odvolat
rejection: odmítnutí
to withdraw: zrušit
ADR:
action to set aside = plea in nulity: žaloba na zrušení rozhodčího nálezu
ad hoc arbitration: rozhodčí řízení ad hoc
arbitral award = award: rozhodčí nález, (=> additional award: doplňující rozhodčí nález)
arbitration clause: rozhodčí doložka
arbitration agreement: rozhodčí smlouva
amount in dispute = sum in dispute: částka, o kterou je veden spor, sporná částka
assessment of costs: určení výše nákladů rozhodčího řízení, (=> arbitration costs: náklady rozhodčího řízení)
certificate of enforceability: doložka (o) vykonatelnosti
conciliation: smírčí řízení
enforcement of award: výkon rozhodčího nálezu
estoppel: překážka uplatnění žalobního nároku
fast track arbitration: urychlené rozhodčí řízení
impartiality of arbitrators: nestrannost rozhodců v subjektivním smyslu, opak (objektivní) nezávislost => independence
plea of lack jurisdiction: námitka nedostatku pravomoci
recognition and enforcement: uznání a výkon
separability: oddělitelnost (= nezávistost rozhodčí smlouvy)
taking of evidence: dokazování, (=> assessment of evidence: hodnocení důkazů)