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CISG-online number
5906
Case name
[…] v. Edco Eindhoven B.V.
Jurisdiction
Netherlands
Court
Rechtbank Oost-Brabant (District Court Oost-Brabant)
Judge
A.A.M. Janssen (Sole judge)
Date of decision
04 May 2022
Case nr./docket nr.
C/01/364407 / HA ZA 20-720
Claimant 1
Name
[…]
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Edco Eindhoven B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Edco Eindhoven B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Buyer 1
Name
[…]
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
54: Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
Goods as per contract
1,000,000 face masks (quantity subsequently modified to 300,000 masks)
Price
650'000.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8; Art. 9; Art. 14 (incorporation of standard terms into CISG contract); Art. 18(1); Art. 35(1); Art. 35(2); Art. 38(1); Art. 39(1)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 6; Art. 7(2) (contractual penalty not governed by CISG)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 19; Art. 35; Art. 39(2); Art. 53; Art. 62
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 4 (right to rescind contract because of error under domestic law preempted by CISG); Art. 38(3)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Contractual penalty (fixed sums) clause; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Rescission of contract under domestic law because of party's mistake (error) at contract formation
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 4
[X.] Trading B.V. v. St. Paul N.V.
Gerechthof 's-Hertogenbosch (Court of Appeal 's-Hertogenbosch)
Netherlands, 18 January 2011 – HD 200.028.026, CISG-online 2179
Machine case II
Gerechthof 's-Hertogenbosch (Court of Appeal 's-Hertogenbosch)
Netherlands, 29 May 2007 – C051069/HE, CISG-online 1550
Hibro Compensatoren B.V. v. Trelleborg Industri AB
Rechtbank Arnhem (District Court Arnhem)
Netherlands, 17 January 2007 – 146453 / HA ZA 06-1789, CISG-online 1455
Grootscholten v. Vergo Kwekerjien B.V.B.A.
Hoge Raad (Dutch Supreme Court)
Netherlands, 28 January 2005 – C03/290HR, CISG-online 1002
This decision cites the following CISG-AC Opinion 1
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:NL:RBOBR:2022:1809
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