© International Trade Centre, International Trade Forum
- Issue 4/2002
For Firms
Model Contracts
International sales
- ITC Model Contract for the International Commercial Sale of
Perishable Goods
- ICC Model International Sales Contract for Manufactured
Goods
Working with intermediaries
- ICC Model Commercial Agency Contract
- IUCAB Model Agency Contract (Europe)
- ICC Model Distributorship Contract
- ICC Model Occasional Intermediary Contract
- ICC Model International Franchising Contract
Setting up a joint venture
- ITC Contractual Joint Venture Contract
- ITC Incorporated Joint Venture Contract
Construction contracts
- FIDIC 1999 Contracts series
Publishing and printing industry
Other model contracts
International Trade Usages and Practices
- UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
- Incoterms: use the 13 ICC Incoterms 2000
- Letters of credit: refer to the Uniform Customs and Practices
for Documentary Credit (UCP 500)
- Demand guarantees: refer to Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees
(URDG)
For Governments
International Trade Treaties and Model Laws
Enhance your country's legal framework and increase investors'
confidence.
- Check UNCITRAL's model laws and treaties.
- Learn about the 200 main trade treaties: Juris International
and Lega Carta http://www.jurisint.org
- Regional integration of business law: keep the Organization for
Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) example in mind -
one law for 16 countries.
- For international sales: understand the 1980 Vienna Convention
on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
Key web sites