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CISG-online number
4506
Case name
PVC foil case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Naumburg (Oberlandesgericht des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt) (Court of Appeal Naumburg)
Chamber
12. Zivilsenat (12th panel for civil matters)
Judges
Grimm (Presiding Judge), Bode (Judge), Dr. Fichtner (Judge)
Date of decision
24 April 2019
Case nr./docket nr.
12 U 152/18
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Czech Republic
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
PVC foil case
Landgericht Dessau-Roßlau (District Court Dessau-Rosslau)
Germany, 12 November 2018 – 4 O 225/15, CISG-online 4498
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Czech Republic
Role in trade
Manufacturer purchasing goods as supplies for production purposes
Category of goods
58: Plastics in non-primary forms
Goods as per contract
PVC foil
Price
223'729.95 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 49(2)(b); Art. 74; Art. 75; Art. 77; Art. 78
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35(2)(a); Art. 35(2)(b); Art. 38(1); Art. 39(1); Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 86(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8(2); Art. 25; Art. 31(b); Art. 35(1); Art. 36(1); Art. 38(2); Art. 46; Art. 48; Art. 50; Art. 53; Art. 58; Art. 59
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Jurisdiction of the courts at the place of performance of obligations arising from a CISG contract under the EU 'Brussels Ia' Regulation 1215/2012; Recoverability of attorneys' fees as damages
Legal issues regarding Incoterms addressed
Effect on place of performance of seller’s delivery obligation for purposes of courts’ jurisdiction
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Vine wax case
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Decision published in 5
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2019), 186–193 [Full text – in German]
Neue Justiz (NJ) (2019), 383 [Leitsatz (headnote) – in German]
Zeitschrift für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht (IWRZ) (2019), 276–277 [Abstract – in German]
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (2020), 476–482 [Full text – in German]
Zeitschrift für Vertriebsrecht (ZVertriebsR) (2020), 23–31 [Full text – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:OLGNAUM:2019:0424.12U152.18.00
Comments on this decision 3
Christiana Fountoulakis, 'Ein schwarzes Schaf in weißer Herde: Anmerkung zum Urteil des OLG Naumburg (12. Zivilsenat) vom 24.4.2019 – 12 U 152/18', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2020), 9–13 [– in German]
Burghard Piltz, 'Anzeigefrist der Vertragswidrigkeit nach UN-Kaufrecht (Anmerkung zu OLG Naumburg, Urteil vom 24.4.2019 – 12 U 152/18)', Zeitschrift für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht (IWRZ) (2019), 277 [– in German]  
Klaus Vorpeil & Niklas Eiden, 'OLG: Vertragsgemäßheit von Ware nach UN-Kaufrecht', Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis (AW-Prax) (2020), 95 [– in German]
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