Article 10. Place of Business

• Text of Article 10
• Coded outline of issues
• Descriptors
• Coded case annotations
  -  Guide to case codes

TEXT OF ARTICLE 10

For the purposes of this Convention:

(a) if a party has more than one place of business, the place of business is that which has the closest relationship to the contract and its performance, having regard to the circumstances known to or contemplated by the parties at any time before or at the conclusion of the contract;

(b) if a party does not have a place of business, reference is to be made to his habitual residence.

CODED OUTLINE OF ISSUES

Reproduced with permission of UNCITRAL

["Place of Business" appears in arts. 1, 12, 20(2), 24, 31(c), 42(1)(b), 57(1)(a), 69(2), 96]

10A Which of multiple places of business is relevant (art. 10(a))

DESCRIPTORS

Business, place of

CODED PRC CASE ANNOTATIONS

No China cases cited.

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