Reservations
A few countries declared important reservations. For example, in the Nordic countries (i.e., members of the Nordic Council), Part II was not generally applied, unless the contract expressly specified this (reservation authorized by Article 92 CISG). Instead, local law is applied, resulting in some slight differences. For example, a Finnish seller must give a "reasonable amount of time" for a foreign buyer to consider an offer; CISG allows the seller to retract the offer before the buyer has accepted the offer.
However, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden withdrew their Article 92 CISG reservations and became a party to Part II CISG, except for trade among themselves. In fact, Nordic countries do not apply the CISG in trade between each other, but rather local law. This is due to a reservation in accordance with Article 94 CISG. A consultation on this issue was carried out in Norway. The results seem favorable to the withdrawal of the Part II declaration in that country, as well.
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