pointed out, namely the instability arising from the fact that the seller’s change of place of business may establish a new judicial forum. At the Drafting Conference of the CISG, it was clear that there should be no confusion between substantial and procedural rules: Germany had opted for a clarification that the place of payment does not establish a venue of proceeding. The proposal was dismissed, arguing that matters of jurisdiction were not within the scope of the CISG. Fortunately, with the entrance into force of the Brussels II Convention, the discussion on whether the place of performance and payment should provide a venue of proceeding has lost much of its significance with regard to sales contracts, and it will become even more insignificant as soon as the revised Lugano Convention of 16 September 1988, which applies...
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