A few countries have introduced performance contracting as a way of holding managers accountable.

1. The provisions of this Convention apply to the use of electronic communications in connection with the formation or performance of a contract to which any of the following international conventions, to which a Contracting State to this Convention is or may become a Contracting State, apply

The provisions of this Convention apply to the use of electronic communications in connection with the formation or performance of a contract to which any of the following international conventions, to which a Contracting State to this Convention is or may become a Contracting State, apply

The Contracting States,

(a) Electronic contracting

Procurement and contracting

A Contracting State shall exchange information with the other Contracting State pursuant to this article 26 without regard to whether the conduct being investigated would constitute a crime under the laws of that Contracting State if such conduct occurred in that Contracting State.

Where the number of Contracting States is relevant in this Convention, the regional economic integration organization shall not count as a Contracting State in addition to its member States that are Contracting States.

An Appeal of the High Contracting Parties

This Convention applies in different Contracting States.

c In accordance with article XI of the Protocol, the contracting parties to the amended Convention are considered to be also contracting parties to the unamended Convention in relation to any contracting party to the unamended Convention not yet a contracting party to the 1980 Protocol, unless the depositary is notified to the contrary.

Such Contracting State must give corresponding notice to .

Any reference to a Contracting State or Contracting States in this Convention applies equally to a regional economic integration organization where the context so requires.

One was what constituted a relevant number of Contracting States another was whether the REIO concerned was to have the status of a Contracting State.

3. Any reference to a Contracting State or Contracting States in this Convention applies equally to a regional economic integration organization where the context so requires.

The place selected should be in a Contracting State.

The court seized is located in a Contracting State.

Positive Scope of Application of the E Contracting Convention

If a Contracting State wants to avoid having to apply the Convention even in cases where the applicable law is that of a non Contracting State, it has to make a declaration under article 18 (1)(b) of the E Contracting Convention that it will apply this Convention only () when the rules of private international law lead to the application of the law of a Contracting State .

At the request of the Commission, the Contracting Parties shall

The court seized is located in a non Contracting State.

One party seizes the court of a non Contracting State.

2. The provisions of this Convention apply further to electronic communications in connection with the formation or performance of a contract to which another international convention, treaty or agreement not specifically referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, and to which a Contracting State to this Convention is or may become a Contracting State, applies, unless the State has declared, in accordance with article 21, that it will not be bound by this paragraph.

The provisions of this Convention apply further to electronic communications in connection with the formation or performance of a contract to which another international convention, treaty or agreement not specifically referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, and to which a Contracting State to this Convention is or may become a Contracting State, applies, unless the State has declared, in accordance with article 21, that it will not be bound by this paragraph.

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(f) the economic and social development needs of the Contracting Parties

The chosen court would have to be in a Contracting State

Furthermore, international electronic commerce presents particular risks for the contracting partners.

1. At the request of not less than one third of the Contracting States to this Convention, the depositary shall convene a conference of the Contracting States to revise or amend it.

1.194 All insurance services, including contracting for insurance, will have been centralized.

It is now recognized that STDs are important factors for contracting HIV.

Consequently, it is not applicable to States that are not contracting parties.

In the event of an environmental emergency, or imminent threat thereof, the Contracting Party of origin shall ensure that the Contracting Parties likely to be affected, are, without delay, notified at appropriate levels.

A meeting of the High Contracting Parties to that effect should be convened.

It was hard to imagine parties agreeing to apply the convention in non contracting States and it would be difficult for the courts of a non contracting State to apply the provisions of the convention.

It would apply, for example, if parties agreed that the law of a non contracting State should govern a contract but the forum State ruled instead that the law of a Contracting State should apply.

The Government Performance Project model did not measure performance per se.

Contracting Parties that share natural resources shall cooperate concerning their conservation and harmonious utilization, taking into account the sovereignty, rights and interests of the Contracting Parties concerned in accordance with generally accepted principles of international law.

(d) Universidad Pablo de Olavide, lecture on electronic contracting (Seville, Spain 7 May 2004)

Part of the substantive law to be applied then is the E Contracting Convention.

Performance measures

Performance measures

Resource performance

Performance indicators

Resource performance