Commission on Commercial Law and Practice (CLP)
| Chair: |
Fabio Bortolotti (Professor at the Univiersity of Turin, Partner at Buffa, Bortolotti & Mathis - Turin) |
| Vice Chair: |
Charles Debattista (Professor of Commercial Law, University of Southampton) |
| Vice Chair: |
Ercüment Erdem (Professor of Commercial Law, Galatasaray University - İstanbul) |
Commission Secretaries:
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Emily O'Connor (Senior Policy Manager, ICC)
Camilla Pagnetti (Policy Manager, ICC)
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The Commission on Commercial Law and Practice (CLP) facilitates international trade and promotes a balanced self-regulatory and regulatory legal framework for international business-to-business (B2B) transactions by:
- setting global business rules and standards that companies apply to millions of international B2B transactions every day;
- creating model contracts that facilitate trade between countries in all stages of development and between companies of all sizes and sectors;
- addressing the legal issues that arise from the increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in international business;
- providing leadership for the development of B2B self-regulation for an increasingly globalized market place;
- working actively with intergovernmental organizations and, when appropriate, national governments to help shape an enabling legal and regulatory framework.
Membership
The CLP Commission comprises 250 members from 42 countries, including partners in international law firms, in-house counsels, law professors and trade executives in member companies and international organizations.
ICC, as the foremost business rule-maker for international trade, sets voluntary rules that companies from all parts of the world apply to millions of transactions every year. The rules of the CLP Commission, such as Incoterms 2000, have become part of the legal fabric of international commerce.
ICC has direct access to national governments through its network of national committees. Backed by experts from its member companies, the ICC International Secretariat feeds business views into intergovernmental organizations as they shape policies that directly affect business operations.
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Projects for 2009
- Continue the revision of Incoterms 2000.
- Participate in the revision of the Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees in cooperation with the Commission on Banking Technique and Practice to ensure representation of users' views.
- Monitor the proposed development of a Common Frame of Reference for European contract law and provide input to EU legislators as required,.
- Influence vital international public procurement projects, including revisions to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement, and the EU’s Public Procurement Remedies Directives.
- Develop the ICC Model International Mergers and Acquisitions Contract (Asset Purchase Agreement).
- Update the ICC Model International Sale Contract.
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