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CISG-online number
5370
Case name
Intraval S.L. v. Econ Industries GmbH
Jurisdiction
Spain
Court
Tribunal Supremo (Spanish Supreme Court)
Chamber
Sección 1ª (1st section)
Judges
María de los Ángeles Parra Lucán (Reporting judge), Antonio Salas Carceller (Judge), Eduardo Baena Ruiz (Judge), Francisco Javier Arroyo Fiestas (Judge), José Luis Seoane Spiegelberg (Judge)
Date of decision
06 July 2020
Case nr./docket nr.
3133/2017 / 398/2020
Claimant 1
Name
Ingeniería y Tratamiento de Valorización (Intraval) S.L. (formerly ABT Ingeniería y Consultoría Medioambiental S.A.)
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Econ Industries GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Intraval S.L. v. Econ Industries GmbH
Juzgado de Primera Instancia No. 29 de Barcelona (Court of First Instance No. 29 of Barcelona)
Spain, 30 April 2015 – 1222/2013, CISG-online 5199
Intraval S.L. v. Econ Industries GmbH
Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona (Court of Appeal Barcelona)
Spain, 01 June 2017 – 859/2015 / 228/2017, CISG-online 5315
reversing
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
Econ Industries GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Name
Ingeniería y Tratamiento de Valorización (Intraval) S.L. (formerly ABT Ingeniería y Consultoría Medioambiental S.A.)
Place of business
Spain
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Thermal desorption unit (TDU) for installation in a waste treatment plant in Dinnington (United Kingdom)
Price
2'333'931.70 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. 39(1); Art. 39(2)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 49
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3; Art. 7(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 4; Art. 6; Art. 7(2); Art. 25; Art. 26; Art. 35(1); Art. 35(2); Art. 40; Art. 44; Art. 45 et seq.; Art. 46(3); Art. 47; Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 49(2); Art. 84; Art. 100
This decision is cited by 1
G.R. Italy, S.A. v. Jitex, S.A.
Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona (Court of Appeal Barcelona)
Spain, 08 November 2024 – 765/2022 / 606/2024, CISG-online 7462
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:ES:TS:2020:2282
CLOUT number
1908
Comments on this decision 2
Margarita Castilla Barea, 'La denuncia de la falta de conformidad como presupuesto del ejercicio de los derechos del adquirente en la Convención de Viena sobre compraventa internacional de mercaderías: Comentario a la STS de 6 de julio de 2020 (RJ2020, 2312)', Cuadernos Civitas de Jurisprudencia Civil (2021), No. 115, 127–148 [– in Spanish]
Claude Witz, Ben Köhler & Francis Limbach, 'Panorama: Droit uniforme de la vente internationale de marchandises (janvier 2020 - juin 2021)', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2021), 2017–2027, at 2025 [– in French]
Full text, translation and abstracts of decision 4
Abstract of decision
Creator of abstract
Pilar Perales Viscasillas
Creator of abstract
Maria del Pilar Perales Viscasillas
Full text of decision
Translation of decision
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Juan Pablo Gómez-Moreno