8. Regional instrument for Africa

policy instrument used

Consideration of the draft instrument.

Consideration of the draft instrument.

This Instrument does not apply to

Thus, if the individual shipments fall under the Instrument, then also the framework contract falls under the Instrument.

The States Parties to this instrument ,

1. This Instrument does not apply to

Contractual choice of application of the draft instrument

Derogations from the scope of application of the draft instrument

1. This Instrument does not apply to

This Instrument does not apply to

(d) the contract of carriage provides that this Instrument, or the law of any State giving effect to it, is to govern the contract.

(d) the contract of carriage provides that this Instrument, or the law of any State giving effect to it, is to govern the contract.

(a) The instrument is voluntary and non legally binding

The latter also recognizes the importance of sanitation.

Draft article 75 should be deleted from the draft instrument.

Introduction of the Chairman's draft instrument.

All States should adhere to such an instrument.

Such clarification could be achieved by way of text in the draft instrument, or by way of commentary on the draft instrument in accompanying explanatory material.

The Working Group continued its review of the draft instrument on the carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea ( the draft instrument ) on the basis of

With a view to structuring the discussion on the remaining provisions of the draft instrument the Working Group adopted the following tentative agenda for completion of its second reading of the draft instrument

1. The purpose of this instrument is

3. The present instrument applies to all types of forests.

Draft article 73 should be maintained in the draft instrument

A provision on concursus of actions should not be inserted in the draft instrument.

a. Binding arbitration, in accordance with procedures established under the instrument

One advantage of the approach was said to be that it separated the issue of scope of application of the draft instrument from the issue of derogation from certain of the specific provisions of the draft instrument.

(b) Form of the future instrument and monitoring body

To our mind, it is imperative that the instrument be legally binding.

The view was expressed that in its discussions with respect to article 14 of the draft instrument, the Working Group had considered and discarded the concept of overriding obligations in the draft instrument.

(b) This Instrument applies to the terms of a volume contract to the extent that they regulate a shipment under that volume contract that is governed by this Instrument under subparagraph (a).

The view was expressed that draft article 88a (3) should not be inserted in the draft instrument unless it would set conditions for derogations.

It will enter into force upon the deposit of the thirtieth instrument of ratification.

Draft article 6 (1) Inclusion of registry systems in the draft instrument

A number of questions were raised in respect of this provision of the draft instrument.

The Treaty was the main international instrument to achieve those ends.

The instrument is recommended to the Assembly for adoption in the form of a draft decision.

The draft instrument will be submitted to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session for adoption.

Exchange of views on the Chairman's draft instrument.

We welcome in advance the support that the General Assembly will give to the draft instrument by adopting it.

In that regard, Mexico regrets the limited reach of the draft instrument on the identification and tracing of illicit small arms and light weapons, as well as the fact that it is not legally binding.

With respect to the scope of the draft instrument, strong support was expressed by a number of delegations in favour of the working assumption that the scope of the draft instrument should extend to door to door transport operations.

5. Notes that the character of the international instrument will be determined in the course of negotiations

Comments from the UNCTAD Secretariat on Freedom of Contract under the draft instrument