UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS
ISSUES RELATING TO LONG-TERM CONTRACTS
Consultation meeting
University of Oslo, 3 and 4 March 2016
http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/english/research/events/2016/unidroit-consultation-meeting.html
The meeting is meant as a consultation meeting to give feedback on the work the UNIDROIT is
carrying out regarding the Principles for International Commercial Contracts.
A group of experts was established by the UNIDROIT to recommend amendments and additions so
as to make the current text of the Principles more adequate for long term contracts.
More information on this work may be found here: http://www.unidroit.org/work-in-progressstudies/current-studies/long-term-contracts
The Working Group had meetings in January 2015 and in October 2015. Based on these meetings,
the Group produced the final text of amendments and additions. The final text is to be submitted
to the Council during 2016.
The purpose of this meeting is to receive as much feedback as possible on how the new text of the
Principles is expected to be applied in practice. The text is enclosed in this folder.
PROGRAMME
THURSDAY, 3 MARCH 2016
9.00-9.20
9.20-10.30
Welcome – Brief introduction to the UNIDROIT Principles and to the
project on long-term contracts
Professor Giuditta Cordero-Moss
José Angelo Estrella Faria, Secretary General, UNIDROIT
Notion of long-term contracts
Basis for the discussion: UNIDROIT 2016 Study L - Doc. 128 rev.
Chair: Professor Joachim Bonell
Panel: Are Brautaset, Esq (Statoil ASA),
Professor Sverre Blandhol (University of Oslo,)
Professor Antonio Crivellaro (BonelliErede)
Plenum discussion
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
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11.00-12.30 Termination for compelling reason
Basis for the discussion: UNIDROIT 2016 Study L - Doc. 135 rev.
Chair: Professor Neil Cohen
Panel: David Echenberg, Esq (General Electric),
Erlend Haassjold, Esq (Arntzen de Besche),
Anette Kavaleff, Esq (Kavaleff Consulting),
Dr. Johannes Koepp (Baker Botts),
Lauren Mittenthal, Esq (Siemens),
Georgios Petrolchilos, Esq (Three Crowns),
Erik Thyness, Esq (Wiersholm)
Plenum discussion
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.00
Termination for compelling reason – continued
Plenum discussion
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-17.00 Restitution after ending contracts entered into for an indefinite period;
post-contractual obligations
Basis for the discussion: UNIDROIT 2016 Study L - Doc. 134 rev.,
UNIDROIT 2016 Study L - Doc. 136 rev.
Chair: Professor Christine Chappuis
Panel: Knut Boye, Esq (Simonsen Vogt Wiig),
Charles Grey, Esq (Yara ASA),
Dr. Amund Tørum (Schjødt),
Professor Cathrine Rogers (Penn State School of Law)
Plenum discussion
19.00
Dinner - Restaurant Argent
Oslo Opera House, Kirsten Flagstads plass 1
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FRIDAY, 4 MARCH 2016
9.00-10.30
Agreements to negotiate in good faith; supervening events
Basis for the discussion: UNIDROIT 2016 Study L - Doc. 130 rev.,
UNIDROIT 2016 Study L - Doc. 132 rev.
Chair: Professor Neil Cohen
Panel: Professor Maria Beatrice Deli (ICC and AIA),
Dr. Sondre Dyrland (Wiersholm),
Professor Kåre Lilleholt (University of Oslo),
Thomas Svensen, Esq (BAHR)
Plenum discussion
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.30
Contracts with evolving terms; co-operation between the parties
Basis for the discussion: UNIDROIT 2016 Study L - Doc. 131 rev.,
UNIDROIT 2016 Study L - Doc. 133 rev.
Chair: Professor Joachim Bonell
Panel: Borgar Høgetveit Berg, Esq (Thommessen),
Justice Gustaf Möller (Krogerus),
Linn Hoel Ringvoll, Esq (Kluge),
Professor Erik Røsæg (University of Oslo)
Plenum discussion
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.00 Contract with open terms
Basis for the discussion: UNIDROIT 2016 Study L - Doc. 129 rev.
Chair: Christopher Seppälä, Esq.
Panel: Harald Kobbe, Esq (Kluge),
Kai-Uwe Karl, Esq (General Electric Oil & Gas),
Professor Patricia Shaughnessy (Stockholm University)
Plenum discussion
15.00-15.15 Conclusion
José Angelo Estrella Faria, Secretary General, UNIDROIT
19.00
Dinner - Restaurant Onda, Stranden 30
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ORGANISED BY:
Department of private law
APA-prosjektet (”Arbitration and Party Autonomy”)
Research group on contract law
Research group on dispute resolution
University of Oslo, Faculty of Law
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