PART III - Sale of Goods

Chapter V - Provisions Common to the Obligations of the Seller and of the Buyer

Section VI - Preservation of the goods

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(1) A party who is bound to preserve the goods in accordance with article 85 or 86 may sell them by any appropriate means if there has been an unreasonable delay by the other party in taking possession of the goods or in taking them back or in paying the price or the cost of preservation, provided that reasonable notice of the intention to sell has been given to the other party.

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(2) If the goods are subject to rapid deterioration or their preservation would involve unreasonable expense, a party who is bound to preserve the goods in accordance with article 85 or 86 must take reasonable measures to sell them. To the extent possible he must give notice to the other party of his intention to sell.

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(3) A party selling the goods has the right to retain out of the proceeds of sale an amount equal to the reasonable expenses of preserving the goods and of selling them. He must account to the other party for the balance.

United Nations Convention On Contracts For The International Sale Of Goods, 1980 (CISG)

PART I - Sphere of Application and General Provisions

Chapter I - Sphere of Application

Chapter II - General Provisions

PART II - Formation of the Contract

PART III - Sale of Goods

Chapter I - General Provisions

Chapter II - Obligations of the Seller

Section I - Delivery of the goods and handing over of documents

Section II - Conformity of the goods and third party claims

Section III - Remedies for breach of contract by the seller

Chapter III - Obligations of the Buyer

Section I - Payment of the price

Section II - Taking delivery

Section III - Remedies for breach of contract by the buyer

Chapter IV - Passing of Risk

Chapter V - Provisions Common to the Obligations of the Seller and of the Buyer

Section I - Anticipatory breach and instalment contracts

Section II - Damages

Section III - Interest

Section IV - Exemptions

Section V - Effects of avoidance

Section VI - Preservation of the goods

PART IV - Final Provisions

[Post Provisions]

Metadata

Manifest

PART III - Sale of Goods

Chapter V - Provisions Common to the Obligations of the Seller and of the Buyer

Section VI - Preservation of the goods

Article 88