The significance of accession to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 for Indonesia

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (The Convention) is one of monumental products to respond the need practically of the business actors in international trade traffic. The Convention is not only containing substantive rules, but also containing procedures in determining the law applicable to disputes faced. The analytical result indicates that the legal concept can be developed in Indonesia for future governing choice of law in international sales of goods transactions is by accession to the Convention. In that accession, it is recommended that Indonesia puts aside the application of Article 1 (1) (b) of the Convention does not reflect valued the appreciation of state sovereignty.