Intergovernmental Grouprequested theUNCTADsecretariat: (i)toprepare the following documentation: (a)Anoverview oftheexisting possibilities of supplying, obtaining andmakingavailable information onrestrictive business practices adversely affecting international trade,inparticular thetradeand development ofdeveloping countries, andofeffectively usingconsultation procedures asprovided forinsection F,paragraph 40ftheSet,withaview tocontributing totheimplementation oftheagreement reached underparagraph 105(18) oftheFinalActofUNCTADVII;and(b)Anassessment ofthe application andimplementation oftheSetintheten-year periodoftheSet's operation; (ii)toprepare afurther compilation oftheHandbook on restrictive business practices legislation; (iii)tocontinue itsworkonthe studyoftheconcentration ofmarket powerthrough mergers, take-overs, joint ventures andotheracquisitions ofcontrol, and(iv)tocontinue itsworkon themodellaworlawsonrestrictive business practices. Theninthsession of theIntergovernmental Groupwillbeheldfrom23to27April1990. TheSecond UnitedNations Conference toreviewallaspects oftheSetofPrinciples and Rules,mandated bytheGeneral Assembly initsresolution 41/167, isscheduled for26 November to7December 1990(TD/B/RBP/67). B.UNIDROIT: hotelkeepers contract 119.In1989,theUNIDROIT Secretariat transmitted toStatesthetextofthe 1978version ofthedraftConvention andtheaccompanying Explanatory Report (StudyXII-Doc.50)aswellastherevised version ofthedraftprepared by asub-committee oftheGoverning Council withaSecretariat commentary indicating thedifferences between thetwotexts(StudyXII- Doc.51). Observations onthenewdrafthavebeenrequested fromGovernments and, together withthosewhichotherinternational organisations maywishtomake, willbecirculated forthesession oftheCommittee ofGovernmental Experts to beheldinRomeinOctober orNovember 1990. C.Council ofEurope: Convention onCertain International Aspects ofBankruptcy 120.TheCouncil ofEuropehasadopted aConvention onCertain International Aspects ofBankruptcy. ThisConvention contains rulesforbankruptcy cases havinginternational aspects onaccount ofthesituation ofthedebtor's assetsorofhiscreditors beingspreadoverdifferent States. Whenadebtor declared bankrupt inoneStatehasassetsinoneormoreotherStates, the Convention offers twopossibilities: itallowsliquidators toexercise, in countries otherthantheoneinwhichthebankruptcy wasopened, certain powersconferred uponthemasliquidators (Chapter II);itallows and organises theopening ofsecondary bankruptcies (Chapter Ill).AliquidatorA/CN.9/336 English Page39 whohasstarted thenecessary formalities forexercising hispowersunder Chapter 11 mayhavetofacearequest ofacreditor fortheopening ofa secondary orotherlocalbankruptcy ormay,himself, consider atalaterstage thatthenumberofcreditors ortheamountoftheassetsjustify alocal bankruptcy and,asaresult, theopening ofasecondary bankruptcy. Whena debtordeclared bankrupt hascreditors inotherStates, theConvention allows thosecreditors tointroduce theirclaimsinthoseotherStates andtherefore, itprovides fortheinformation ofthecreditors andlodgement oftheirclaims inasimplified form(Chapter IV).TheConvention isnotintended to supersede othermultilateral agreements (forexample, theNordicConvention) orbilateral agreements towhichaStatePartytothisConvention isor becomes aparty. D.Council ofEurope: insider trading 121.ThedraftConvention onInsider Trading reported oninA/CN.9/324, para. 138 was adopted bytheCommittee ofMinisters inJanuary 1989andopenedfor signature on 20April1989. Whenconsidering thedraftConvention, andon request oftheCommission oftheEuropean Communities, anadditional Protocol wasadopted containing theso-called "disconnection clause" forthemember Stateswhicharealsomembers oftheEuropean Community. Theessential aimof theConvention istocreatemutualassistance byanexchange ofinformation between contracting parties toenablethesupervision ofthesecurity market tobecarried outeffectively andtoestablish whether persons carrying out
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a collection of documents and agreements related to international trade, commerce, and economic cooperation. It mentions various organizations such as UNCTAD, UNIDROIT, and the Council of Europe, which are all involved in promoting international trade and economic development. The text also discusses specific topics such as restrictive business practices, bankruptcy, and insider trading, which are all relevant to the economic sphere.

**Category**
International trade, Industry