Agreement. 2.UNCITRAL 7.Atitsnineteenth session in1986,theCommission decided totakeupthe topicofprocurement anditentrusted thesubject totheWorking Group on the NewInternational Economic Order. TheWorking Grouphelditseleventh session inNewYorkfrom5to16February 1990(A/CN.9/331). Atthatsession the Working Groupconsidered adraftmodellawonprocurement (A/CN.9/WG.V/WP.24) andacommentary onthedraftmodellawonprocurement (A/CN.9/WG.V/WP.25) prepared bytheSecretariat. B.CMEA:general conditions 8.In1988theCMEAConference onLegalQuestions completed theelaboration ofarevised textoftheGeneral Conditions Governing Delivery ofGoods(GCD) amongorganisations ofCMEAmembercountries. Therevised textconsists of the1968GCDtextwiththeincorporation ofallamendments andadditions introduced intoitin1975,1979and1988.Inparticular, theGCDstructure hasbeenchanged, thecontractual procedure forspecifying thequality requirements forgoodshasbeenrevised, therightsofpurchasers whengoods ofincorrect quality havebeendelivered areextended, theliability ofthe parties forviolating theirobligations hasbeenincreased, andtheprocedures forentering into,altering andterminating acontract havebeenrevised, as wellastheprocedures forpresenting andexamining claims. InOctober 1988 theExecutive Committee approved therevised GCDtextandrecommended States members ofCMEAtoapplyitasfrom1July1989.Alsoapproved werethe conditions forapplying theGCDtexttocontracts forthedelivery ofgoods between theorganisations oftheSocialist Republic ofVietnam andofother Statesmembers ofCMEA.Previously, theconditions forthedelivery ofgoods between Vietnam andotherStatesmembers ofCMEA.were governed bybilateral documents. Work on thefurther improvement oftheGCDtextisbeing continued. Inthisconnection, acomparative studyoftheprovisions ofthe GCDtextandoftheUnitedNations Convention onContracts forthe International SaleofGoodsisbeingprepared within CMEA'sStanding Commission onLegalMatters. 9.CMEA'sStanding Commission onLegalMatters isworking onproposals designed toenhance theleveloflegalregulation ofcontractual relations between theeconomic organisations ofStatesmembers ofCMEA.Inparticular, theideaofauniform regulation ofthegeneral provisions forcontracts between theeconomic organisations ofStatesmembers ofCMEAisbeingworkedA/CN.9/336 English Page10 out.Theintention istodrawup auniform regulation, forfilling the existing gapsinthegeneral provisions ofCMEA'scurrent general conditions, andforrestricting thesubsidiary useoftheirregulations, including the national legalrulesofStatesmembers ofCMEA.TheStanding Commission is alsoworking ontheideaofestablishing general conditions forcontracts concerning scientific andtechnical co-operation amongeconomic organisations ofStatesmembers ofCMEA. 10.TheStanding Commission onLegalMatters hascompleted astudyofthe national legalrulesoftheStatesmembers ofCMEAgoverning agreements for sub-contracting, commissions andassociations. Workhasbeeninitiated on a comparative studyofthenational legalrulesgoverning contracts forthe purchase, saleandtransportation ofgoods.Itisintended thattheresults ofthisstudywillbepublished asasecondpartofthebookentitled "The contract lawoftheStatesmembers ofCMEAandYugoslavia". C.International countertrade practices 1.UNCITRAL 11.Atthetwenty-first session in1988,theCommission decided thatitwould bedesirable toprepare alegalguideondrawing upcountertrade contracts (A/CN.9/302). Itwasdecided thatsuchalegalguideshouldbeprepared by theCommission, andtheSecretariat wasrequested toprepare draftchapters of thelegalguideforthetwenty-third session oftheCommission (A/CN.9/332/Add. 1-7). 2.ECE 12.TheECECommittee ontheDevelopment ofTrade, Working Partyon International Contract Practices inIndustry, helditsthirty-fourth session inGeneva from26to28June1989.Atthatsessionitcontinued its deliberations onthesecondpartofaGuidedealing withinternational countertrade contracts. Forconsideration ofthissubject, theWorking Party hadbeforeit,interalia,thefollowing documents: "Guideonlegalaspects ofnewformsofindustrial co-operation. International contracts: Introduction; Partone:Counterpurchase" (TRADE/WP. S/R.4) and"Guideon
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international economic agreements, regulations, and practices related to procurement, contracts, and countertrade. It mentions various organizations such as UNCITRAL, CMEA, and ECE, and refers to specific documents and agreements. The content is focused on the development of international economic cooperation and the regulation of commercial transactions.

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International trade