[Ecommerce] Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments

[James Love]

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Subject: Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments
   Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:21:20 -0500
  From: Michael Donohue <MDONOHUE@FTC.GOV>

As promised at the TACD meetings last week, here is additional information about the draft Hague Convention.  If anyone has comments or concerns about the draft, please
share them with us prior to the e-commerce experts meetings scheduled for February 27th - March 1st in Ottawa.  

By way of background, the preliminary negotiations concluded this past October with a draft Convention.  (An earlier draft of the Convention was circulated and discussed at
the FTC's June 1999 workshop on consumer protection in the global marketplace).  The initial schedule for the project contemplated a final "diplomatic" session at the Hague
in Autumn 2000.  However, it now appears that the final session may be delayed.  The Ottawa meeting has been scheduled in recognition of the complex issues raised by the
draft text in the context of e-commerce.  

It might be useful to meet to discuss the Convention prior to the Ottawa meetings.  One possibility is for those interested to meet at the FTC next Tuesday, February 22 at
3pm.  Please let me know whether you will be able to attend or if other arrangements would be preferable.  In addition, please forward this information to other consumer
organizations that would be interested in the Convention.   

The most recent draft of the Convention is available at:
www.state.gov/www/global/legal_affairs/991030_forjudg.html

Materials from a September 1999 meeting in Geneva on e-commerce issues raised by the Convention are available at:
http://www.hcch.net/e/events/press01e.html
and 
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/~billard/ipilec/

I look forward to hearing from you.


Michael Donohue
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, H-292
Washington, DC  20580
Telephone: (202) 326-3563
Fax: (202) 326-3392
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