Although cross-border industrial sub-contracting is the main tool of industrial organisation in the global economy practitioners in this important field are significantly hampered by a lack of uniform rules. This book offers a first step in discerning and formulating a framework for such rules based on the experience of counsel for both contractors and sub-contractors in over twenty countries worldwide. It consists of the final papers subsequently revised by the presenters delivered at a conference held in florence in february 2000 under the auspices of the union internationale des avocats uia and the association internationale des jeunes avocats aija . The authors cover a wide range of perspectives and issues that affect the negotiation and drafting of a sound cross-border industrial sub-contracting agreement including competition law quality control product liability payment clauses and industrial and intellectual property. Other essays present the basic legal issues from a comparative perspective and clarify the fundamental distinctions in the points of view of the contractor and the sub-contractor. Individual contributions from practitioners in twenty countries encompassing eu countries the united states central and eastern europe and the asia-pacific region detail applicable domestic laws so that the user can determine points of difference common aspects and potential pitfalls in most of the world s major industrial sub-contracting jurisdictions.
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