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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 1997]
Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International
Law; Study Group on International Procurement; Meeting
A Study Group of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on
Private International Law will hold a meeting at 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.
on Wednesday, May 18th, 1994 in Washington, DC at the International Law
Institute, 1615 New Hampshire Avenue NW.
The Study Group will review proposed provisions of a model law for
the procurement of services which is under consideration by the United
Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). UNCITRAL will
meet for possible final adoption of the proposed rules in June 1994.
Participants in the Study Group meeting will be asked to provide
technical advice and to make recommendations for possible U.S.
positions for the UNCITRAL session.
UNCITRAL recently completed the Model Law on Procurement of Goods
and Construction at its Plenary Session in May 1993, which was endorsed
by the United Nations General Assembly by resolution 48-33 on December
9, 1993. The text of the Model Law is printed in the annual report of
the Commission's work, U.N. Doc. A/48/17 Annex I and 33 I.L.M. 445
(March 1994). A Guide to Enactment was also prepared to accompany the
Model Law (U.N. Doc. A/CN.9/393). The proposed additional model law
provisions covering procurement of services and corresponding changes
to the Guide to Enactment are set out in an annex to the report of the
Commission's most recent Working Group meeting on this subject, held at
the U.N. in March 1994 (U.N. Docs. A/CN.9/392 and 394).
The Study Group will review the proposed scope of the UNCITRAL
project, including rules on requests for proposals and other
procurement methods for acquisition of services, open access to
markets, competitive or restricted bidding, and related matters.
Copies of the U.N. Documents referred to above and other relevant
information may be obtained by contacting Harold S. Burman by fax at
(202) 653-9854 or writing the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for
Private International Law, L/PIL, Suite 501, 2100 ``K'' Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20037-7180.
The Study Group will also review the status of two related
international projects, the UNCITRAL Legal Guide on International
Countertrade Transactions, which is now available as United Nations
Publication Sales No. E.93.V.7, and the UNIDROIT Principles for
International Commercial Contracts, which is expected to become final
in May 1994.
Members of the general public may attend the meeting up to the
capacity of the meeting room. The office indicated above should be
notified not later than Thursday, May 12th of the name, affiliation,
address and phone number of persons wishing to attend. In order to
facilitate planning for the meeting, members of the public are
requested to indicate whether they expect to comment on particular
issues. Persons interested but unable to attend the meeting are welcome
to submit comments or proposals to the address indicated above. Persons
wishing to be placed on the mailing list for notices for meetings of
the Study group and for further information on documents on this
subject relating to UNCITRAL's work should so advise the above Office.
Peter H. Pfund,
Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law.
[FR Doc. 94-10239 Filed 4-28-94; 8:45 am]
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