International Sales Terms

This is a concise introduction guide to international sales terms, providing a guide for drafting typical sales agreement clauses. The main part of the book contains the annotated international sales terms and conditions (inter alia Terms of Payment, Retention of Title, Delivery, Transfer of Risk, Conformity of the Contract Goods and Remedies in case of Non-conformity, Confidentiality, Limitation of Liabili­ty, Termination, Governing Law and Arbitration Clause).

In particular, the second edition includes a detailed account of

• the Incoterms 2010 introduced by the International Chamber of Commerce,
• new statutory provisions of Swiss law in relation to applicable limitation periods for warranty claims and the control of general terms and conditions,
• the latest developments of EU and US export control regulations and their impact for international sales transactions,
• up to date international case law in relation to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

Dr Patrick Ostendorf is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Applied Studies, Bielefeld, and Of Counsel in the law firm Orth Kluth in Düsseldorf.

'A practical and compact presentation on International Sales Terms; an excellent tool for preparing contracts with cross border elements.'Apostolos Anthimos, in: Armenopoulos 2014, p. 2012 et seq