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UNCITRAL Model Law definition

What does UNCITRAL Model Law mean? In practice, UNCITRAL model Law refers to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross‑Border insolvency (1997), a template used to recognise and assist foreign insolvency proceedings and to coordinate concurrent cases in different countries. It is not legislation itself; it is a non‑binding model text produced by UNCITRAL and adopted into domestic law by states. In England & Wales and Scotland it is implemented by the Cross‑Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (CBIR 2006), and in Northern Ireland by the Cross‑Border Insolvency Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007. Key features include: access for a foreign representative to apply to the court; recognition of foreign...

Cross-border enterprise group insolvency: the UNCITRAL Model Law's mechanisms for recognition, planning proceedings, group representatives, co-operation, synthetic non-main proceedings, creditor protection, public policy and implementation status

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uncitral model law on enterprise groups: current status

The UNCITRAL Model Law on enterprise groups (MLEG) received approval from Working Group V (UNCITRAL’s insolvency-focused working group) at its 54th session (Vienna, 10–14 December 2018). The accompanying guide to enactment was agreed at the 55th session (New York, 28–31 May 2019) and then transmitted to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (the Commission) for finalisation and adoption at the 53rd session (New York, 6–17 July 2019) (refer to the official UNCITRAL report of the 52nd session). The Commission has approved and adopted all of the texts without any modification. States may implement the instrument in whole or in part, with or without amendments, so any applicable implementing legislation should be examined in detail. It does not operate automatically; it requires express, specific domestic enactment in each jurisdiction. Which states will in fact take up MLEG remains uncertain; England has not yet adopted MLEG to date, and any observations below on its effect in England apply only if England were to pass legislation giving effect to MLEG. That said, following the Insolvency Service’s consultation proposing the implementation into UK law of MLEG, the Insolvency Service announced on 10 July 2023...

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