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CISG-online number
5508
Case name
Facade panels for mountain lodge case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. zivilrechtliche Abteilung (1st department for civil law matters)
Judges
Fabienne Hohl (Presiding Judge), Christina Kiss (Judge), Yves Rüedi (Judge), Niklaus Matt (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
04 January 2021
Case nr./docket nr.
4A_493/2020
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller’s assignee
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Facade panels for mountain lodge case
Bezirksgericht Leuk und Westlich-Raron (District Court Leuk and Westlich-Raron)
Switzerland, 30 October 2019, CISG-online 5489
Facade panels for mountain lodge case
Tribunal Cantonal du Valais/Kantonsgericht Wallis (Court of Appeal Canton Valais)
Switzerland, 20 August 2020 – C1 19 260, CISG-online 5497
Present decision
Sellers 2
Place of business
Germany
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
66: Non-metallic mineral manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Facade panels for a Swiss mountain lodge
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 39(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7(2); Art. 33(c)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
"Bio Suisse" certified organic juices and oils case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 26 March 2013 – 4A_617/2012, CISG-online 2434
Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2021), 95–98 [Text (excerpt) – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2021), 254–257 [Text (excerpt) – in German]
CLOUT number
1961
Comments on this decision 2
Christoph Brunner, Dario Galli & Markus Vischer, 'Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zum Kaufvertragsrecht im Jahr 2021', Jusletter (5. Dezember 2022), 1–41, at no. 24–37 [– in German]
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 2026 [– in French]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 1961 (Language: English)
Creator of abstract
Ulrich G. Schroeter
Full text of decision
Original language: German