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Meeting notice Study Group on Electronic Commerce April 16 in
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MEETING NOTICE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (ACPIL)
STUDY GROUP ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
The Study Group on Electronic Commerce of the Advisory Committee
on Private International Law (ACPIL) will hold its next meeting from 9:30
to 4:00 on Thursday, April 16, 1998 in Washington, DC. The purpose of the
meeting will be to review international proposals for rules on electronic
signature systems.
The meeting will consider authentication, message integrity, sender
and user rights and obligations, and the evolving roles of third party
system designers and service providers, as well as differing standards that
may be appropriate for commercial and governmental applications. Both
international and domestic developments will be reviewed, given the close
connection between them in an era of globalization of commerce,
information, and borderless connections through data networks. The status
of ongoing projects at various international bodies, both intergovernmental
and private sector, including UNCITRAL, OECD, the ICC and others will be
reviewed. The meeting will focus on revised draft rules on electronic
signatures prepared by the Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), which will be discussed at an upcoming
UNCITRAL Working Group meeting at the UN in June 1998. Included in that
discussion will be a U.S. proposal for a multilateral treaty (convention)
that could include provisions of the 1996 UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic
Commerce, and possibly other provisions.
Also on the agenda will be a review, as appropriate, of the latest
developments in state legislatures within the U.S.; draft uniform state
laws under preparation, including the proposed new Uniform Commercial Code
Article 2B and Electronic Transactions Act; developments in other national
legal systems; and electronic commerce initiatives of the Department of
Commerce and others.
Proposals on electronic commerce infrastructure, including access
to markets, message integrity, and privacy issues that are expected to be
discussed at the OEMS in October will also be reviewed as appropriate.
Suggestions on possible legal standards for determining applicable law and
jurisdiction in a cross-border setting may be considered.
The meeting of the Advisory Committee Study Group is open to the
public up to the capacity of the meeting room. Members of the public who
cannot attend are welcome to comment, including any recommendations for
possible U.S. positions on these matters. The meeting will take place at
the International Law Institute (ILI), 1615 New Hampshire Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC. Persons who expect to attend should advise either the
Office of the Legal Adviser (L/PIL) at Suite 357, South Building, 2430 E
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037-2800, fax (202) 776-8482, or Stuart Kerr
at ILI, (202) 483-3036, fax 483-3029. The Office of the Legal Adviser will
provide copies of, or e-mail and other sources for, UN, NCCUSL and related
documents for the meeting. For further information, please contact Harold
Burman, Advisory Committee Executive Director, at (202) 776-8421.
The meeting will take place immediately prior to meeting in
Washington, DC on April 17-19 of the National Conference of Commissioners
Drafting Group on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) on the proposed Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act (UETA). Attendees at the Study Group meeting
or others who may be interested in the UETA meeting should contact Patricia
Fry at the Stetson University College of Law, (813) 567-7893, fax (813)
347-3738, or D. Benjamin Beard at the University of Idaho Law School, (208)
885-6423, fax (208) 885-7609.
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