Obligations of the Seller

• Author: Jack Michael Graves
• Pages: 59-70

Default Obligations of the Seller under the CISG

CISG Article 30 requires the seller to (1) deliver (2) conforming goods, (3)

hand over any related documents, and (4) transfer the property interest

in the goods—all consistent with the parties’ contract and any applicable

provisions of the CISG. The details of seller’s obligations as to “delivery”

are provided in Articles 31 through 33, while the handing over of related

“documents” is addressed in Article 34. Seller’s obligations regarding con‑

formity of the goods are laid out in Article 35, and seller’s obligations

regarding transfer of the goods free of any third party property interest

are found in Articles 41 and 42. These default rules provided by the CISG,

in combination with the parties’ contract, serve to describe and dene the

obligations of the seller. They are addressed in varying levels of specicity

below—focusing, in particular, on the issue of “conformity of the goods.”

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