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CISG-online number
5244
Case name
CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co. v. Sunvalley Solar, Inc.
Arbitral Tribunal
上海国际经济贸易仲裁委员会(上海国际仲裁中心)
(Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center))
Seat of the arbitration
Shanghai (China)
Arbitrators
Jian Han (Presiding arbitrator (Chairperson)), Lanye Zhu (Co-arbitrator), Suo Qiu (Co-arbitrator)
Date of decision
10 December 2013
Case nr./docket nr.
[2013] HMZCZ 411
Claimant 1
Name
China Electric Equipment Group (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co.
Place of business
China
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Sunvalley Solar, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Present decision
CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co. v. Sunvalley Solar, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
USA, 29 February 2016 – 2:15-cv-07339-PSG (JPR), CISG-online 5476
declaring arbitral award enforceable
Seller 1
Name
China Electric Equipment Group (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co.
Place of business
China
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Sunvalley Solar, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Distributor
Category of goods
77: Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, not elsewhere specified, and electrical parts thereof (including non- electrical counterparts, not elsewhere specified, of electrical household-type equipment)
Goods as per contract
2,800 solar modules type SST250-60M and 480 solar modules type SST295-72M
Price
1'677'600.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Chinese law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 74 (currency exchange loss); Art. 78
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 62
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1); Art. 7(2); Art. 53; Art. 59; Art. 61(1)(a)
Decision published in 1
Kluwer Arbitration database (Arbitrator Intelligence materials)
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Translation of decision