2002 Euro introduced by 12 of the European Union member states (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxemborg, The Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland) (Euro Page of the European Central Bank)
2002 Affero General Public License (AGPL) v.1 by Affero Inc., replaced by AGPL v.3, FSF
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 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.
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.
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
1986 Commercial Arbitration Rules, supplemented by the Supplementary Procedures for International Commercial Arbitration issues by the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
1979 Protocol amending the International Convention of 1957 relating to the Limitation and Liability of Owners of Sea-going Ships
1979 General Conditions of Specialization and Co-operation in Production between Organizations of CMEA
1979 General Conditions of Delivery of Goods 1968-1975 (1979 version, CMEA)
1979 International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883 Paris, revised at The Hague 1925, London 1934, Lisbon 1958 and Stockholm 1967 and amended in 1979)
1973 Trade Mark Registration Treaty, TRT Vienna, amended in 1980 (TRT Union)
1973 Commercial Arbitration Rules of the A.A.A.
1972 Convention on the Settlement by Arbitration of Civil Law Disputes between Economic Organization of the Member States of CMEA.
1971 Protocol relating to the Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968 (Luxembourg) 1971 Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (IPC), amended in 1979
1971 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris 1896. Revised Berlin 1908. Completed Berne 1914. Revised Rome 1928, Brussels 1948, Stockholm 1967, Paris 1971. Amended 1979)
1971 Geneva convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (1971)
1968 EEC Convention on the Mutual Recognition of Companies and Legal Persons
1968 General Conditions of Delivery of Goods (CMEA)
1968 Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs, amended in 1979
1967 Uniform Rules for the Collection of Commercial Paper (ICC)
1967 ⌠International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1967 revision⌡gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu:70/00/foreign/fletcher/UNTS11851.txt (1883 Paris, revised at The Hague 1925, London 1934, Lisbon 1958 and Stockholm 1967 and amended in 1979)
1967 gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu:70/00/foreign/fletcher/UNTS11850.txt Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1967 (Paris 1896. Revised Berlin 1908. Completed Berne 1914. Revised Rome 1928, Brussels 1948, Stockholm 1967, Paris 1971. Amended 1979)
1967 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization Stockholm (Entered into force 1970)
1966 European Convention providing a Uniform Law on Arbitration (Council of Europe)
1966 ECE's Arbitration Rules
1966 ECE Convention on the Measurement of Inland Navigation Vessels, Geneva
1966 General Principles concerning Supply of Spare Parts (CMEA-Yugoslavia)
1966 ECAFE Arbitration Rules
1966 UNCITRAL - United Nations Commission on International Trade Law - Established by UN - General Assembly resolution 2205 (XXI) ../uncitral.2205-XXI/doc of 17 December 1966
1958 Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration (revised at Stockholm 1967, and amended in 1979)
1958 General Conditions of Delivery of Goods (Comecon Conditions)
1958 Convention on the Law Governing Transfer of Title in International Sale of Goods, 15 April 1958, (not in force) Hague Conference on Private International Law
1957 Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (revised at Stockholm 1967 and at Geneva 1977, and amended in 1979)
1957 ECE General Conditions for the Supply and Erection of Plant and Machinery for Import and Export No. 188A, (free economy alternative to 574A) No. 207, No. 208 and No. 574A - (centrally planned economy alternative to 188A) (UN - ECE)
1956 Convention dealing with the issue of ECS Carnets (Customs Co-operation Council)
1954 General Usages of Trade (A national formulation in Yugoslavia)
1953 General Conditions for the Supply of Plant and Machinery for Export (Form No. 188) (UN - ECE, Geneva) (free economy alternative to 574)
1951 Uniform Commercial Code (U.S.A.)
1950 Brussels Convention establishing the Customs Co-operation Council (CCC)
1950 Protocol of Amendment of the Convention signed in Brussels on December 15, 1950, for the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs (Brussels Nomenclature Convention)
1928 Bustamante Code (Havana; The Code consists the following titles: International Civil Law, International Commercial Law, International Penal Law and International Procedural Law).
1928 International Convention concerning the Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Rail (CIV)
1927 Geneva Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards The League of Nations
1926 UNIDROIT - The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law - Established
1925 Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (revised at London 1934 and The Hague 1960, supplemented by the Additional Act of Monaco 1961, the Complementary Act of Stockholm 1967 and the Protocol of Geneva 1975, and amended in 1979)
1924 Brussels Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading (The Hague Rules)
1923 Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses The League of Nations
1892 The London Chamber of Arbitration inaugurated , now called LCIA
1891 Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks, 1891. (revised at Brussels 1900, Washington 1911, The Hague 1925, London 1934, Nice 1957 and Stockholm 1967 and amended in 1979). Originally available of the US Patents and Trademarks Office
1891 Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods, 1891. (revised at Washington 1911, The Hague 1925, London 1934 and Lisbon 1958, and supplemented by the Additional Act of Stockholm 1967)
STAT-USA/Internet a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Library (a very large and official US collection of trade related documents) Economics and Statistics Administration FAQ
⌠The U.S. National Trade Data Bank - gopher.⌡gopher://gopher.stat-usa.gov:70/11/STAT-USA/NTDB ⌠What is the U.S. Trade Data Bank?⌡gopher://sunny.stat-usa.gov:70/00/STAT-USA/NTDB/Intro/ntdbfly.txt
75. 1978 - the CMR Convention of Geneva, 19 May 1956 as amended by the CMR Protocol of Geneva, 5 July, 1978 (replacing paragraph 3 of Article 23 and adding paragraphs 7 8 & 9 to Article 23)
85. Signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929, As Amended By The Protocol Done At The Hague on 28 September 1955, Signed at Guatamela City, on 8 March 1971 (Guadalajara)
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