<P> The CISG allows contracting States to lodge reservations (called "declarations" in the CISG own language). About one fourth of the CISG contracting States have done so . </P> <P> Declarations may refer to: </P> <Ul> <Li> opting out of article 1 (1) (b) CISG, which allows for the application of the CISG in cases when the rules of private international law point at the law of a contracting State as the law applicable to the contract for sale of goods (article 95 CISG); </Li> <Li> mandatory written form of the contract for sale of goods (articles 11, 12 and 96 CISG); </Li> <Li> opting out of the application of Part II or Part III CISG (article 92 CISG); </Li> <Li> not applying the CISG to contracts concluded between parties with place of business in "which have the same or closely related legal rules on matters governed" by the CISG (article 94 CISG). </Li> </Ul> <Li> opting out of article 1 (1) (b) CISG, which allows for the application of the CISG in cases when the rules of private international law point at the law of a contracting State as the law applicable to the contract for sale of goods (article 95 CISG); </Li>

Cisg applies only to sale of goods and commercial parties