Civil Section Minutes 2007 - CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, SEPTEMBER 9 – 13, 2007 General ResolutionRespecting Written and Oral Reports Presented

The object of her report was to set out the differences that exist between Québec law and the Convention, in general terms, focusing on the three key obligations in the Convention: • the obligations of the court chosen by the parties; • the obligations of a court that is seized of a matter but is not the ‘chosen’ court; and • the obligations of a court asked to enforce the judgement of the ‘chosen. [...] The Working Group plans to meet over the coming year and intends to complete the draft Act and commentaries to implement the Convention set out in the Annex to the Group’s report for presentation to the Conference in 2008. [...] RESOLVED: THAT the Working Group complete, in accordance with the directions of the Conference, a Uniform Act and commentaries to implement the Convention for consideration at the 2008 meeting; and to report on the desirability of any other legislative recommendations; and to work in co- operation with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and the Mexican Uniform Law Centr. [...] The creation of a Québec specific version of the Uniform Act will be a first for the Conference and will aid the Mexican participants who also face the challenge of implementing the principles in the context of a legal tradition based on a civil code. [...] RESOLVED: THAT the Conference approve the implementation of a new approach to law reform in relation to the review of the Personal Property Security Act, taking into account the discussions of the Conference; THAT the Civil Section Steering Committee continue to have under consideration the reforms to secured transactions legislation contemplated in the Report of the Working Group on the UN Conven.