UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce

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The UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce is an internationally recognized legal framework that guides countries in validating and regulating electronic communications and digital contracts in commercial transactions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNCITRAL text ⓘ
international legal instrument ⓘ
model law ⓘ
addresses admissibility and evidential weight of data messages ⓘ
attribution of data messages ⓘ
formation of contracts by electronic means ⓘ
original document requirements in electronic form ⓘ
retention of data messages ⓘ
time and place of dispatch and receipt of data messages ⓘ
writing requirements in electronic form ⓘ
adoptedAt UNCITRAL twenty-ninth session ⓘ
adoptedBy UNCITRAL ⓘ
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ⓘ
adoptedByBodyOf United Nations ⓘ
adoptedIn New York ⓘ
adoptionDate 1996-06-12 ⓘ
adoptionYear 1996 ⓘ
aimsTo harmonize legal rules on electronic commerce among States ⓘ
appliesTo commercial transactions ⓘ
electronic communications ⓘ
electronic contracts ⓘ
followedBy UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures ⓘ
United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts ⓘ
fullName United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Electronic Commerce ⓘ
guidePreparedBy UNCITRAL Secretariat ⓘ
hasAnnex Guide to Enactment of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce ⓘ
hasPart Article 1 ⓘ
Article 11 ⓘ
Article 15 ⓘ
Article 2 ⓘ
Article 5 ⓘ
Article 6 ⓘ
Article 7 ⓘ
implementationForm national legislation ⓘ
includesSection Part I: General Provisions ⓘ
Part II: Electronic Commerce in Specific Areas ⓘ
influenced European Union electronic commerce legislation ⓘ
national e-commerce laws in many jurisdictions ⓘ
intendedFor States ⓘ
keyPrinciple functional equivalence ⓘ
non-discrimination of electronic form ⓘ
technology neutrality ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain commercial law ⓘ
electronic commerce ⓘ
information technology law ⓘ
legalNature model legislation for national adoption ⓘ
promotes cross-border electronic commerce ⓘ
providesFor legal recognition of data messages ⓘ
legal recognition of electronic communications ⓘ
legal recognition of electronic signatures in a basic form ⓘ
purpose to facilitate the use of electronic communications in commercial activities ⓘ
to promote legal certainty for electronic transactions ⓘ
to provide a legal framework for electronic commerce ⓘ
to remove legal obstacles to electronic commerce ⓘ
recognizedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
shortName MLEC ⓘ
Model Law on Electronic Commerce ⓘ
status non-binding ⓘ
subjectOf United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
UNDocumentSymbol A/51/162 ⓘ

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United Nations Commission on International Trade Law → topicOf → UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce ⓘ
UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce → fullName → United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Electronic Commerce ⓘ
linked to: UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce → shortName → Model Law on Electronic Commerce ⓘ
linked to: UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce → includesSection → Part II: Electronic Commerce in Specific Areas ⓘ
linked to: UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce