ARTICLE · 01 FEBRUARY 1999
Colombia To Enact UNICITRAL Model On Electronic Commerce
Jorge Posada of Parra, Rodriguez, Cavelier gives an overview on legislation due to be enacted in Colombia on Electronic Commerce.
Colombia has taken an important first step in enacting the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce as permanent internal legislation. The text approved by the Colombian House of Representatives during its last legislative sessions in 1998 includes the full text of the UNCITRAL Model Law and regulates additional matters, not included therein. This year, the Colombian Senate must study the project approved by the House; unless unexpected considerations come to light, the project should be approved and enacted in this year.
The UNCITRAL Model Law dates from 1996, when the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 51/162, recommending member nations to enact legislation regarding electronic commerce, in an effort to unify international management of new technologies in the processing of commercial information. The Colombian law goes beyond the UNCITRAL
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