On Sep 19, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Bill Chessman wrote: > Perhaps true in the U.S., but not quite true in other countries.
So true. If you do EDI with anyone outside the US may I suggest you visit the web site of UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) to find out the legal requirements for EDI and other electronic exchanges for international trade. UNCITRAL is the primary United Nations organization devoted to international trade issues, with a mission to harmonize and unify the laws of international commerce. UNCITRAL coordinates and encourages cooperation between organizations operating in specific areas of international trade; prepares and encourages recognition of its model laws; and promotes universal interpretations and applications of international standards including its own model laws. Short history: UNCITRAL launched its EDI working group to devise a Draft Model Law in 1991. UNITRAL began work on the topic the following year, before the onslaught of e-commerce, and thus limited its activities to electronic data interchange considerations. The first version of the Draft Model Law was produced in October 1994, at which point UNCITRAL began considering criticisms and shortcomings of that draft and devising draft guidelines for the eventual implementation of the model law. In the mid-1990s, as the Internet hit critical mass and other forms of electronic transactions achieved prominence, UNCITRAL realized that the original Draft Model Law wasn't significant enough to address the emerging international e-commerce environment. In 1996 UNCITRAL completed work on a Model Law on Electronic Commerce to update international trade law so as to facilitate global e- commerce. The e-commerce Model Law augmented the Draft Law on EDI by including not only EDI but also electronic mail and other electronic, optical, and other non-paper exchanges in one seamless whole. Use this link to find the relevant Documents: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/search.html?q=Model+Law+on+Electronic +Commerce Regards, Klaus [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
