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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Legislative history of CISG article 51:
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

      1978 Draft article 47                            CISG article 51    

(1)If the seller delivers only a part of   (1)If the seller delivers only a part of  
   the goods or if only a part of the         the goods or if only a part of the     
   goods delivered is in conformity           goods delivered is in conformity       
   with the contract, the provisions of       with the contract, articles 46 to 50   
   articles 42 to 46 apply in respect of      apply in respect of the part which is  
   the part which is missing or which         missing or which does not conform.     
   does not conform.                                                                    
                                                                                        
(2)The buyer may declare the contract      (2)The buyer may declare the contract     
   avoided in its entirety only if the        avoided in its entirety only if the    
   failure to make delivery completely        failure to make delivery completely    
   or in conformity with the contract         or in conformity with the contract     
   amounts to a fundamental breach of         amounts to a fundamental breach of     
   the contract.                              the contract.                          


Editorial comments
The only modification to 1978 Draft article 47 was to delete the words
"the provision of" from paragraph (1) and to conform the article references
to the new sequence.  The Secretariat Commentary on 1978 Draft article 47
should therefore be relevant to the interpretation of CISG article 51.

To examine 1978 Draft provisions in context, go to the full-text of the 1978 Draft || To examine CISG provisions in context, go to the full text of the CISG