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Joint Editorial Board on International Law

November 30, 2007, Meeting

Hilton McLean Tyson’s Corner

7920 Jones Branch Drive

McLean, VA 22102

Phone:  703-847-5000

Fax:  703-761-5207

 

7:00 p.m. November 29 – Dinner at Da Domenico, 1922 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA 703-790-9000 (a short walk from the hotel; map attached).

 

8:00 a.m. November 30 – Continental Breakfast Served in the Woodlawn Meeting Room

 

8:30 a.m. – Call to Order

 

DRAFT AGENDA

 

1.      Introductions

Committee Roster (attached)

 

2.   Decisions Made at the May 2007 Meeting (May 11, 2007, memo attached)

 

  1. Memorandum of Understanding (attached,  for information)

 

  1. Discussion of Various Methods for Implementation of Treaties – Kathy Patchel

 

Patchel October 7, 2007, memorandum:  Implementation of Private Law Treaties

 

5.   Review of Current NCCUSL International and Transnational Projects

 

List of NCCUSL International and Transnational Projects

 

Drafting Committee on Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act [Kathy Patchel]

 

Drafting Committee to Amend the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [implementing the Hague Family Maintenance Convention] [Bill Henning]

 

Committee for Implementation of the UN Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit [John Sebert]

 

Project to Create a Harmonized Legal Framework for Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations in North America [John Sebert]

 

Study Committee on the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements [Louise Ellen Teitz]

 

Hague Convention on Securities Held by Intermediaries [Hal Burman and John Sebert]

 

  1. Review of ABASIL Current International and Transnational Projects [Bill Hannay and Bob Lutz]

 

  1. Discussion of Other State Department Priorities (e.g., 2005 UNCITRAL Convention on E-Commerce; UN Convention on Assignment of Receivables in International Trade] [Hal Burman]

 

  1. General Review of On-Going Projects Sponsored by International Organizations [Peter Winship]

 

  1. Discussion of List of Upcoming Meetings and Conference Calls of Various International Organizations (e.g., UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT, HAGUE) in which ABASIL and NCCUSL Representatives Might Participate as Observers [Hal Burman]

 

  1. Discussion of the Role of the JEB

 

Peter Winship, “The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and the International Unification of Private Law,”  13 U. Pa. J. Int’l Bus. L.. 227-85 (1992-93)

 

  1. ABASIL/NCCUSL Collaboration and Collaboration with Other Organizations

 

Participation of ABASIL Members as Advisors on NCCUSL Drafting Projects

 

Update on uniform law activities in other countries, including Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand

 

Resource Development – International Law Fund at the Uniform Law Foundation; funding for specific projects

 

NCCUSL Participation at ABASIL Meetings

 

12. Other Business

 

 

Aaron Schildhaus has provided the following links to some of the Conventions and Treaties that we may be discussing:

 

  1. All the Hague Conventions are readily available at http://www.hcch.net.   The family law conventions (there are quite a few) can all be found at http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=text.display&tid=10#family.  The 2006 Intermediated Securities Convention is at http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=72.  The 2005 Choice of Court Agreements Convention is available at http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=98.

 

  1. UNIDROIT’s conventions are available at  http://www.unidroit.org/english/conventions/c-main.htm.   You’ll see that the last three entries cover the Capetown Convention itself, the first protocol on aircraft equipment, and the second protocol on railway rolling stock.

 

  1. UNCITRAL’s conventions can be found at http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts.html.   Specific links to the ones you mentioned are as follows:        

 

UNCITRAL Assignments (Receivables):  www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/payments/receivables/ctc-assignment-convention-e.pdf.

 

UNCITRAL convention on E-commerce: http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/electcom/06-57452_Ebook.pdf  or

http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/electronic_commerce/2005Convention.html.

 

UNCITRAL Convention on Independent Guarantees (letters of credit): http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/payments/guarantees/guarantees.pdf