A Contracting State shall exchange information with the other Contracting State pursuant to this article 26 without regard to whether the conduct being investigated would constitute a crime under the laws of that Contracting State if such conduct occurred in that Contracting State.

Such Contracting State must give corresponding notice to .

The place selected should be in a Contracting State.

The court seized is located in a Contracting State.

The court seized is located in a non Contracting State.

One party seizes the court of a non Contracting State.

It would apply, for example, if parties agreed that the law of a non contracting State should govern a contract but the forum State ruled instead that the law of a Contracting State should apply.

The chosen court would have to be in a Contracting State

If a Contracting State wants to avoid having to apply the Convention even in cases where the applicable law is that of a non Contracting State, it has to make a declaration under article 18 (1)(b) of the E Contracting Convention that it will apply this Convention only () when the rules of private international law lead to the application of the law of a Contracting State .

Where the number of Contracting States is relevant in this Convention, the regional economic integration organization shall not count as a Contracting State in addition to its member States that are Contracting States.

Any reference to a Contracting State or Contracting States in this Convention applies equally to a regional economic integration organization where the context so requires.

One was what constituted a relevant number of Contracting States another was whether the REIO concerned was to have the status of a Contracting State.

3. Any reference to a Contracting State or Contracting States in this Convention applies equally to a regional economic integration organization where the context so requires.

If information is requested by a Contracting State in accordance with this Article, the other Contracting State shall use its information gathering measures to obtain the requested information, even though that other State may not need such information for its own tax purposes.

If information is requested by a Contracting State in accordance with this Article, the other Contracting State shall use its information gathering measures to obtain the requested information, even though that other State may not need such information for its own tax purposes.

This State will apply the Convention only to recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another contracting State.

Any Contracting State may declare, in accordance with article 21, that it will apply this Convention only

A Contracting State may denounce this Convention by a formal notification in writing addressed to the depositary.

All UNCITRAL conventions require that at least one of the parties should belong to a contracting State.

Paragraphs 28 32, first sentence of the Note and the existence of article 18 (1)(b) seem to confirm that in the absence of such a declaration, the E Contracting Convention applies if either (a) the forum State itself is Party to the E Contracting Convention, regardless of the lex causae, or (b) where the law designated by the private international law rules of the forum is the law of a Contracting State (which is only relevant if the court is not located in a Contracting State).

3. This Convention does not affect the rights and obligations of the debtor unless, at the time of conclusion of the original contract, the debtor is located in a Contracting State or the law governing the original contract is the law of a Contracting State.

If a Contracting State makes no declaration under paragraph 1 of this article, the Convention is to extend to all territorial units of that State.

1. Any Contracting State may declare, in accordance with article 21, that it will apply this Convention only

1. A Contracting State may denounce this Convention by a formal notification in writing addressed to the depositary.

1. A Contracting State may denounce this Convention at any time by written notification addressed to the depositary.

(a) the contractual place of receipt or contractual port of loading is located in a Contracting State, or

(b) the contractual place of delivery or contractual port of discharge is located in a Contracting State, or

4. If a Contracting State makes no declaration under paragraph 1 of this article, the Convention is to extend to all territorial units of that State.

1. The provisions of this Convention apply to the use of electronic communications in connection with the formation or performance of a contract to which any of the following international conventions, to which a Contracting State to this Convention is or may become a Contracting State, apply

The provisions of this Convention apply to the use of electronic communications in connection with the formation or performance of a contract to which any of the following international conventions, to which a Contracting State to this Convention is or may become a Contracting State, apply

It was hard to imagine parties agreeing to apply the convention in non contracting States and it would be difficult for the courts of a non contracting State to apply the provisions of the convention.

What is said in paragraph 32 of the Note is correct for the court of a non Contracting State, but in light of article 18 (1)(b) and the explanations in the Note concerning the deletion of the requirement for the parties to have their place of business in different Contracting States, it would seem not to be correct for the court of a Contracting State.

He stressed that the law of a Contracting State denoted the ordinary domestic law of that State, which would, in principle, include the provisions of the convention.

Mr. Burman (United States of America) said that the words any State should be replaced by either any Contracting State or any State Party or possibly both, depending on how those terms were differentiated.

In no case shall the provision of paragraph 1 be construed so as to impose on a Contracting State the obligation

(a) To carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws and administrative practices of that or the other Contracting State

It would then apply to contracts that were subject to the law of a Contracting State when commercial parties so agreed.

If these rules designate the substantive law of this State or of any other State Party to the E Contracting Convention, the latter will be applied (see Note, paragraph 32).

The Committee recommends that the State party ensure the effective enforcement of the minimum age for contracting marriage stipulated in the Family Code.

The Contracting States,

(a) Electronic contracting

Procurement and contracting

(c) the actual place of delivery is one of the optional places of delivery under the contract and is located in a Contracting State, or

These are to be made available to the competent authorities of each State, which is SOLAS Contracting Government, for the investigative work of their security services.

Any Contracting State may exclude from the scope of application of this Convention the matters it specifies in a declaration made in accordance with article 21.