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ARTICLE 1
This Convention shall apply to international sales of goods.
It shall not apply to sales of securities, to sales of ships
and of registered boats or aircraft, or to sales upon
judicial order or by way of execution. It shall apply to
sales based on documents. For the purposes of this Convention,
contracts to deliver goods to be manufactured or produced
shall be placed on the same footing as sales provided the
party who assumes delivery is to furnish the necessary raw
materials for their manufacture or production. The mere
declaration of the parties, relative to the application of a
law or the competence of a judge or arbitrator, shall not be
sufficient to confer upon a sale the international character
provided for in the first paragraph of this Article.
ARTICLE 2
A sale shall be governed by the domestic law of the country
designated by the Contracting Parties. Such designation must
be contained in an express clause, or unambiguously result
from the provisions of the contract. Conditions affecting the
consent of the parties to the law declared applicable shall
be determined by such law.
ARTICLE 3
In default of a law declared applicable by the parties under
the conditions provided in the preceding Article, a sale
shall be governed by the domestic law of the country in which
the vendor has his habitual residence at the time when he
receives the order. If the order is received by an
establishment of the vendor, the sale shall be governed by
the domestic law of the country in which the establishment is
situated. Nevertheless, a sale shall be governed by the
domestic law of the country in which the purchaser has his
habitual residence, or in which he has the establishment that
has given the order, if the order has been received in such
country, whether by the vendor or by his representative,
agent or commercial traveler. In case of a sale at an
exchange or at a public auction, the sale shall be governed
by the domestic law of the country in which the exchange is
situated or the auction takes place.
ARTICLE 4
In the absence of an express clause to the contrary, the
domestic law of the country in which inspection of goods
delivered pursuant to a sale is to take place shall apply in
respect of the form in which and the periods within which the
inspection must take place, the notifications concerning the
inspection and the measures to be taken in case of refusal of
the goods.
ARTICLE 5
This Convention shall not apply to: 1. The capacity of the
parties; 2. The form of the contract; 3. The transfer of
ownership, provided that the various obligations of the
parties, and especially those relating to risks, shall be
subject to the law applicable to the sale pursuant to this
Convention; 4. The effects of the sale as regards all persons
other than the parties.
ARTICLE 6
In each of the Contracting States, the application of the law
determined by this convention may be excluded on a ground of
public policy.
ARTICLE 7
The contracting States have agreed to incorporate the
provisions of Articles 1-6 of this Convention in the national
law of their respective countries.
ARTICLES 8 - 12
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