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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Legislative history of CISG article 70:
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

     1978 Draft article 82                               CISG article 70                        
                                                                       
If the seller has committed a fundamen-   If the seller had committed a fundamen-                                 
tal breach of contract, the provisions of tal breach of contract, articles 67, 68                                 
articles 79, 80 and 81 do not impair the  and 69 do not impair the remedies avail-                                
remedies available to the buyer on        able to the buyer on account of the                                     
account of such breach.                   breach.                                                                 


Editorial comments
CISG article 70 contains several word changes, none of which is in any way
substantive.  The Secretariat Commentary on 1978 Draft article 82 should
therefore be relevant to the interpretation of CISG article 70.

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