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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Legislative history of CISG article 37:
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

      1978 Draft article 35                                CISG article 37 

If the seller has delivered goods before   If the seller has delivered goods before   
the date for delivery he may, up to that   the date for delivery, he may, up to that   
date, deliver any missing part or make     date, deliver any missing part or make     
up any deficiency in the quantity of the   up any deficiency in the quantity of the  
goods delivered, or deliver goods in re-   goods delivered, or deliver goods in re-  
placement of any non-conforming            placement of any non-conforming            
goods delivered or remedy any lack of      goods delivered or remedy any lack of      
conformity in the goods delivered, pro-    conformity in the goods delivered, pro-    
vided that the exercise of this right does vided that the exercise of this right does 
not cause the buyer unreasonable in-       not cause the buyer unreasonable in-   
convenience or unreasonable expense.       convenience or unreasonable expense. 
The buyer retains any right to claim       However, the buyer retains any right to 
damages as provided for in this Conven-    claim damages as provided for in this  
tion.                                      Convention.   


Editorial comments
CISG article 37 and 1978 Draft article 35 are identical except that the
second sentence of CISG article 37 commences with the word, "However".  The
Secretariat Commentary on 1978 Draft article 35 should therefore be relevant
to the interpretation of CISG article 37.

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