3. In negotiating and entering into interchange agreements, the use of the Model Interchange Agreement for the International Commercial Use of Electronic Data Interchange is endorsed.
4. The Model Interchange Agreement for the International Commercial Use of Electronic Data Interchange, be incorporated into Part 3 of the United Nations Trade Data Interchange Directory (UN/TDID) and be part of the recommendations relating to UN/EDIFACT.
5. United Nations member countries could contribute significantly to increasing the legal security of using EDI by promoting, through awareness programs, educational resources and related means, the availability and usefulness of the Model Interchange Agreement as well as commercial business practices relating to international trade which are consistent with the preceding recommendations.
6. When designing and implementing the use of EDI for administrative functions relating to international trade transactions, administrative bodies and organisations, though having distinctive requirements to be considered, should evaluate and give consideration to the expanding commercial use of interchange agreements as well as the terms and business practices which are contained in the Model Interchange Agreement.
Annex
Model Interchange Agreement for the International Commercial Use of Electronic Data Interchange
The Model Interchange Agreement for the International Commercial Use of Electronic Data Interchange has been developed as a part of a project under the Action Programme on the Legal and Commercial Aspects of Electronic Data Interchange adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures (WP.4) in 1991. That Programme is set forth in United Nations Document No. TRADE/WP.4/R.697. The Programme emphasizes legal issues which can be readily defined and aims at developing guidance on those legal issues, and recommending appropriate solutions in the form of legal instruments or tools or changes in commercial practices.
