[Hague-jur-commercial-law] FAQ about the status of the Choice of Court Convention

[Manon Ress]

Answers to FAQ I'm getting these days:

You can find the text of the Convention at:

Convention of 30 June 2005 on choice of court agreement:
http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=98

Note: No country has signed it yet.

Regarding the status of the convention:  member states are waiting  
for a draft report to come out from The Hague Conference.  The member  
states will hash out the report first. The report might not be  
published until late spring 06 at the earliest.

Then states will begin to look at ratification.  It could take a while.

In other words,  it is not an instrument in use yet. We do not even  
know if the US will even sign it.

If you know more, send us the info.

Manon



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