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CISG-online number
4413
Case name
Confectionery products case
Jurisdiction
Poland
Court
Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court of Poland)
Judges
Marta Romanska (Presiding Judge), Pawel Grzegorczyk (Reporting judge), Henryk Pietrzkowski (Judge)
Date of decision
02 June 2017
Case nr./docket nr.
II CSK 603/16
Claimant 1
Name
G. K., P. K.
Place of business
Poland
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
R. V.
Place of business
Bulgaria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Confectionery products case
Sąd Okręgowy w Poznaniu (District Court Poznan)
Poland, 29 April 2015 – IX GC 191/14, CISG-online 4412
Confectionery products case
Sąd Apelacyjny w Poznaniu (Court of Appeal Poznan)
Poland, 03 March 2016 – I ACa 1041/15, CISG-online 3858
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
G. K., P. K.
Place of business
Poland
Buyer 1
Name
R. V.
Place of business
Bulgaria
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
9: Miscellaneous edible products and preparations
Goods as per contract
Food products & cream-coffee chocolate
Price
232'646.84 PLN (Polish Zloty)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 50
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 52(2); Art. 80
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 49
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8; Art. 30; Art. 35; Art. 39; Art. 45 et seq.; Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 45(2); Art. 46(2); Art. 47; Art. 51; Art. 52(1); Art. 53; Art. 58; Art. 74–77; Art. 82
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Unitary non-conformity concept of the CISG
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 4
GMS modules case
Kantonsgericht Zug (Court of First Instance Canton Zug)
Switzerland, 30 August 2007 – A3 2006 79, CISG-online 1722
Shoe leather case
Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court of Poland)
Poland, 11 May 2007 – V CSK 456/06, CISG-online 1790
Window frames case I
Cour de Justice de Genève (Court of Appeal Canton Geneva)
Switzerland, 15 November 2002 – ACJC/1348/02 / C/12709/2001, CISG-online 853
Art books case
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Switzerland, 10 February 1999 – HG 970238.1, CISG-online 488
CLOUT number
1812
Comment on this decision 1
Piotr Machnikowski, 'CISG In Polish Case Law', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2018), 181–186, at 185 [– in English]
Full text and abstract of decision 2