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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Legislative history of CISG article 84:
Match-up with 1978 Draft to assess relevance of Secretariat Commentary

      1978 Draft article 69                            CISG article 84                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                              
(1)If the seller is bound to refund the     (1)If the seller is bound to refund the                                          
   price, he must also pay interest            price, he must also pay interest on                                           
   thereon from the date on which the          it, from the date on which the price                                          
   price was paid.                             was paid.                                                                     
                                                                                                                             
(2)The buyer must account to the seller     (2)The buyer must account to the seller                                          
   for all benefits which he has derived       for all benefits which he has derived                                         
   from the goods or part of them:             from the goods or part of them:                                               
                                                                                                                             
   (a)if he must make restitution of           (a)if he must make restitution of                                             
      the goods or part of them; or               the goods or part of them; or                                              
                                                                                                                             
   (b)if it is impossible for him to           (b)if it is impossible for him to                                             
      make restitution of all or part of          make restitution of all or part of                                         
      the goods or to make restitution            the goods or to make restitution                                           
      of all or part of the goods sub-            of all or part of the goods sub-                                           
      stantially in the condition in              stantially in the condition in                                             
      which he received them, but he              which he received them, but he                                             
      has nevertheless declared the               has nevertheless declared the                                              
      contract avoided or required                contract avoided or required                                               
      the seller to deliver substitute            the seller to deliver substitute                                           
      goods.                                      goods.                                                                     


Editorial comments
CISG article 84 is identical to 1978 Draft article 69, except for the
substitution of the words "on it" for "thereon" in paragraph (1).  The
Secretariat Commentary on 1978 Draft article 69 should therefore be relevant
to the interpretation of CISG article 84.

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