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Fn.1 By these words, the SCN means that, as the words of the Convention are clear, there is no reason to construe the words by making reference to the travaux préparatoires (see articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention on the law of treaties 1969)
Fn.2 The SCN's discussion of the travaux préparatoires is an obiter dictum. It was probably given because of the Advocate General's (that is, the advisor to the SCN) in depth disucssion of the travaux préparatoires which had led him to conclude that the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam was correct
