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CISG-online number
5333
Case name
G. Geerlings Export B.V. v. van Hoekelen Greenhouses Inc.
Jurisdiction
Netherlands
Court
Rechtbank 's-Gravenhage (District Court The Hague)
Judge
J.J. van der Helm (Sole judge)
Date of decision
07 July 2010
Case nr./docket nr.
307340 / HA ZA 08-971
Claimant 1
Name
G. Geerlings Export B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
van Hoekelen Greenhouses Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
G. Geerlings Export B.V. v. van Hoekelen Greenhouses Inc.
Rechtbank 's-Gravenhage (District Court The Hague)
Netherlands, 16 December 2009 – 307340 / HA ZA 08-971, CISG-online 5259
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
G. Geerlings Export B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in trade
Producer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
van Hoekelen Greenhouses Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
29: Crude animal and vegetable materials, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Flower bulbs (for eventual sale in WalMart supermarkets in the U.S.)
CISG applicable
yes, agreement of the parties
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8(2) (incorporation of standard terms into a CISG contract)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 4; Art. 8(1); Art. 8(3); Art. 14
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Machinery case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 31 October 2001 – VIII ZR 60/01, CISG-online 617
Decision published in 3
Contractenrecht. Praktisch bewerkt (RCR) (2010), 69
Nederlandse Jurisprudentie Feitenrechtspraak (NJF) (2011), 49
Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht (NIPR) (2010), 444
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:NL:RBSGR:2010:BN0572
Full text of decision 1
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Original language: Dutch