1990's

1999 OECD Recommendation of the OECD Council Concerning Guidelines for Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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1999 Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce (GBDe) Due to submit proposals for legal arrangements for electronic commerce representing the interest of industries during the first GBDe convention held on 13 September 1999 in Paris, and these will be submitted to the government of each country. The following nine themes will be covered: (1) authentication and security, (2) consumer credibility, (3) contents/business communication, (4) inter-operability of information infrastructure and governance, (5) intellectual property, (6) control, (7) reliability, (8) protection of private data and (9) taxes/tariffs. GBDe is a non-governmental organization, managed by executives of 29 major enterprises in the United States, Europe and Asia, that promotes establishing global rules for electronic commerce over the Internet.

1999 Bolero   Bolero backed by about 120 banks and logistics firms is trying to set up a global standard that would be accepted by governments, shippers, and banks. In doing so the plan to tackle such age old legal concepts as the bill of lading. Bolero plans to use an encrypted communication network to shuffle documents around the world, a process that's now hampered by incompatible computer systems and bureaucrats. Bolero is owned 50-50 by the TT Club , a body that (insures &) represents the world's port authorities and logistics operators; and S.W.I.F.T. - the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, a bank-owned cooperative that supplies messaging services and software to 6,000 financial institutions in 175 countries. Between them, the two organizations have 12,500 members who in turn deal with nearly every company that conducts cross-border trade - the two organizations represent the most powerful players in international trade, including some of the world's biggest banks and shipping companies. Bolero went live on September 27, 1999.

1999 OECD Recommendation of the OECD Council Concerning Guidelines for Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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1999 Incoterms 2000 ICC. ICC's list of the 13 terms & purchasing information

1999 Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce (GBDe) Due to submit proposals for legal arrangements for electronic commerce representing the interest of industries during the first GBDe convention held on 13 September 1999 in Paris, and these will be submitted to the government of each country. The following nine themes will be covered: (1) authentication and security, (2) consumer credibility, (3) contents/business communication, (4) inter-operability of information infrastructure and governance, (5) intellectual property, (6) control, (7) reliability, (8) protection of private data and (9) taxes/tariffs. GBDe is a non-governmental organization, managed by executives of 29 major enterprises in the United States, Europe and Asia, that promotes establishing global rules for electronic commerce over the Internet.

1999 Bolero ‹http://www.boleroltd.com/›   Bolero backed by about 120 banks and logistics firms is trying to set up a global standard that would be accepted by governments, shippers, and banks. In doing so the plan to tackle such age old legal concepts as the bill of lading. Bolero plans to use an encrypted communication network to shuffle documents around the world, a process that's now hampered by incompatible computer systems and bureaucrats. Bolero is owned 50-50 by the TT Club , a body that (insures &) represents the world's port authorities and logistics operators; and S.W.I.F.T. - the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, a bank-owned cooperative that supplies messaging services and software to 6,000 financial institutions in 175 countries. Between them, the two organizations have 12,500 members who in turn deal with nearly every company that conducts cross-border trade - the two organizations represent the most powerful players in international trade, including some of the world's biggest banks and shipping companies. Bolero went live on September 27, 1999.

1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement [of 6 November 1925] concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
(Geneva, 2 July 1999)
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1999 Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (Montreal, 28 May 1999)
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1999 The Arrest Convention, IMO and UNCTAD

1998 Wassenaar Arrangement (signed by 33 countries in December preventing export of encryption) an unenforceable agreement in which the signatory countries agreed to restrict the export of: 64-bit and higher cryptography in mass-market software and hardware, and; 56-bit and higher cryptography in general encryption products.

1998

LCIA Arbitration Rules (in force 1st January)
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1998 ICC Arbitration Rules (in force 1st January)
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1998 Principles of European Contract Law
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original source on the Net Dr. Mathias Storme. Now various language versions Commented version edited by Ole Lando & Hugh Beale ISBN 9041113053

1998 WTO Geneva Ministerial Declaration adopted (20 May 1998)
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1998 WTO Declaration on Electronic Commerce (20 May 1998)
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1997 UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency
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1997 International Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association AAA

1997 ‹http://www.iccwbo.org/home/guidec/guidec.asp› General Usage for International Digitally Ensured Commerce ICC document

1996 WTO Ministerial Declaration, Singapore WTO

1996 WTO Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products, Singapore
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WTO

1996 UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
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1996 International Convention On Liability And Compensation For Damage In Connection With The Carriage Of Hazardous And Noxious Substances By Sea, IMO
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1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty
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1996 WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
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1996 Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the Legal Protection of Databases (not yet implemented)

1996 CAMCA - Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Center for the Americas Mediation and Arbitration Rules AAA

1995 Principles of European Contract Law - Part I: Performance, Non-performance, Remedies.
Prepared by The Commission on European Contract Law. Commentary hard cover ISBN 0-7923-2957-0
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1995 UN Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit
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1995 WTO Established see section on Free trade

1995 Proposed Revisions to Maastricht Available originally through Europa

1994 World Trade Agreement (Uruguay Round).
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The Final Act and Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Uruguay Round - including GATT 1994.

1994 WTO, Marrakesh Declaration (15 April 1994)
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1994 Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts
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or the Commented Version
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Order: ISBN 88-86449-00-3

1994 WIPO Arbitration Rules
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1994 WIPO Mediation Rules

1994 WIPO Expedited Arbitration Rules

1994 York-Antwerp Rules 1994
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on general average. CMI

1994 UNCITRAL Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade
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(Vienna 1991)

1994 Guide to Enactment of UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services

1994 Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts

1994 Trademark Law Treaty ("TLT")

1994 Energy Charter Union

1993 North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA

1993 EEC Maastricht Treaty

1993 ICC UCP500 Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (replacing 1983 UCP400)

1993 UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services
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1993 UNCITRAL Legal Guide on International Counter-trade Transactions

1993 Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association AAA (originally available)

1993 International Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association AAA (originally available)

1993 International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages UN/ IMO
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1993 International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Kyoto, 18 May 1973) | Amending Supplement No. 13 - January 1993

1993 Organization for Harmonization of African Business Law (Ohada) Treaty, Mauritius (a Francophone African initiative open to any member of the OAU - Organization of African Unity) Ohada Website resource is in French

1992 UNCITRAL Model Law On International Credit Transfers
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1992 Protocol to Amend The International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage 1971, IMO
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1992 Protocol to Amend The International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage 1969, IMO
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1991 GNU General Public License (GPL) v 2 replaced by GPL v.3, Free Software Foundation (FSF) still used by some projects

1990 ICC Incoterms 1990 International Commercial Terms (replacing 1980)

1990 CMI Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading

1990 CMI Uniform Rules for Sea Way bills

1990 Protocol to the Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) Consolidated Convention Text (refind)