MODEL FORM OF AGENCY CONTRACT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE
1. A uniform model form for international trade
When negotiating agency agreements abroad, one of the main difficulties which parties engaged in international trade are faced with is the lack of uniform rules for agreements of this type. Since there is no internationally agreed uniform legislation on the subject (unlike for example in the case of the international sales contracts), parties must rely on national laws on agency which: (i) do not take into account the specific needs of international trade (since they have been enacted in primis for the domestic agreements, and (ii) substantially differ from one country to another.