A conformidade na Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre contratos de compra e venda internacional de mercadorias

Abstract

The present paper analyses the issue of the conformity of the goods under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods CISG, one of the most pressing issues in international commerce. After introductory notes on the history of the Convention, having regard to its current importance, the paper seeks to conceptualize the meaning of conformity of the goods and all the characteristics that it engenders. The paper then proceeds to analyze the different and complementing sources of conformity, be of a subjective or objetive nature, particularly exposed under art. 35 of the Convention. It follows the detailing of the way the subjective and objective requisites of conformity interact with one another, and their application by the authorities and the case law. As such, the paper seeks to consolidate the theory and practice of International Commerce on the subject, to establish the adequate and inadequate ways to apply the Convention, and to point out their effects on the contracting parties.