The Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (hereinafter referred to as OHADA) was created on 17 October 1993 to foster economic development in Africa by creating a uniform and secure legal framework for the conduct of business in Africa. In an effort to reform the law of contracts in its Member States, OHADA has prepared the Preliminary Draft of the Uniform Act on the Law of Obligations (hereinafter referred to as the Preliminary Draft). Several provisions of the Preliminary Draft set forth general principles concerning choice of law in international commercial contracts. Indeed, the Preliminary Draft encompasses innovative provisions on party autonomy in international contracts, such as the explicit recognition of the right of parties to choose the law applicable to their contracts and the inclusion of limited exceptions to party autonomy (overriding mandatory rules and public policy). Yet, it still needs to be improved in respect of various issues, including for instance the ability of parties to choose different laws to apply to distinct parts of their contract and the possibility for the parties to expressly include in their choice of law the private international law rules of the chosen law. This paper analyses the provisions of the Preliminary Draft in the light of the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts (hereinafter referred to as the Hague Principles). More particularly, it explores how the Hague Principles can help refine the rules on party autonomy contained in the Preliminary Draft to enhance legal certainty and predictability in the OHADA region.

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《国际商业合同海牙选择法海牙原则》对《 OHADA法》所规定的当事人自治的贡献

非洲统一商业法组织（以下简称OHADA）成立于1993年10月17日，旨在通过为非洲商业行为建立统一而安全的法律框架来促进非洲的经济发展。为了改革其成员国的合同法，OHADA编写了《债务法统一法》的初稿（以下简称“初稿”）。《初步草案》的若干条款规定了有关国际商业合同中法律选择的一般原则。实际上，初稿包含有关国际合同中当事人自治的创新规定，例如明确承认当事方选择适用于其合同的法律的权利，以及对当事方自治的有限例外（覆盖强制性规则和公共政策）。但是，在各种问题上仍需改进，例如，当事方选择不同法律以适用于合同不同部分的能力，以及当事方有可能在其选择法律时明确地将私人国际法律包括在内。选择法律的法律规则。本文根据《国际商事合同法律选择海牙原则》（以下简称《海牙原则》）分析了草案初稿的规定。更具体地说，