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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Legislative history of CISG article 27:
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

     1978 Draft article 25                           CISG article 27

Unless otherwise expressly provided in    Unless otherwise expressly provided in 
Part III of this Convention, if any       this Part of the Convention, if any      
notice, request or other communication    notice, request or other communication  
is given by a party in accordance with    is given or made by a party in accor-   
Part III and by means appropriate in      dance with this Part and by means       
the circumstances, a delay or error in    appropriate in the circumstances, a de-  
the transmission of the communication     lay or error in the transmission of the 
or its failure to arrive does not deprive communication or its failure to arrive 
that party of the right to rely on the    does not deprive that party of the right
communication.                            to rely on the communication.           


Editorial comments
CISG article 27 and 1978 Draft article 25 are substantively identical. 
The Secretariat Commentary on 1978 Draft article 25 should therefore be
relevant to the interpretation of CISG article 27.

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