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Text of [1978] Draft Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods approved by the United Nations Commission on International Trade

[Previously published in the report of the Commission on the work of its eleventh session (see Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/33/17); chap. II, para. 28)]

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This Convention governs only the formation of the contract of sale and the rights and obligations of the seller and the buyer arising from such a contract. In particular, except as otherwise expressly provided therein, this Convention is not concerned with:

(a) the validity of the contract or of any of its provisions or of any usage;

(b) the effect which the contract may have on the property in the goods sold.

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