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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Legislative history of CISG article 24:
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

      1978 Draft article 22                           CISG article 24 

For the purposes of Part II of this Con-   For the purposes of this Part of the Con-  
vention an offer, declaration of accep-    vention, an offer, declaration of accep- 
tance or any other indication of intention tance or any other indication of  
"reaches" the addressee when it is         intention "reaches" I the addressee when  
made orally to him or delivered by any     it is made orally to him or delivered    
other means to him, to his place of busi-  by any other means to him personally,    
ness or mailing address or, if he does     to his place of business or mailing 
not have a place of business or mailing    address or, if he does not have a place     
address, to his habitual residence.        of business or mailing address,         
                                           to his habitual residence.


Editorial comments
The Secretariat Commentary on 1978 Draft article 22 remains relevant to
CISG article 24.  There is a drafting change (a reference to "this Part of the
Convention" rather than "Part II of this Convention") and an added emphasis
("delivered... to him" has become "delivered...to him personally").

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