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CISG-online number
6009
Case name
Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH v. Riveco Generai Sider S.p.A.
Jurisdiction
Italy
Court
Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Italian Supreme Court)
Chamber
Seconda Camera civile (Second chamber for civil matters)
Judges
Mario Bertuzzi (President), Chiara Besso Marcheis (Reporting judge)
Date of decision
12 December 2022
Case nr./docket nr.
36144/2022
Claimant 1
Name
Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Riveco Generai Sider S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH v. Riveco Generai Sider S.p.A.
Tribunale di Chieti (District Court Chieti)
Italy, 2011 – 243/2011, CISG-online 5799
Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH v. Riveco Generai Sider S.p.A.
Corte di Appello di L'Aquila (Court of Appeal L'Aquila)
Italy, 18 October 2017 – 1884/2017, CISG-online 5860
affirming in part, reversing in part
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Seller
Buyer 1
Name
Riveco Generai Sider S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Buyer
Category of goods
67: Iron and steel
Goods as per contract
Steel
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Italian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 35(1); Art. 35(2)(a)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 50
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3
Mitias d.o.o. v. Solidea S.r.l.
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Italy, 09 December 2008 – 2280/2007, CISG-online 1729
PVC case I
Landgericht Paderborn (District Court Paderborn)
Germany, 25 June 1996 – 7 O 147/94, CISG-online 262
New Zealand mussels case
Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (Court of Appeal Frankfurt am Main)
Germany, 20 April 1994 – 13 U 51/93, CISG-online 125
Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2025), 18–20 [Full text (translation) – in English]
CLOUT number
2049
Comments on this decision 2
Mariaelena Giorcelli, 'Comment on Italian Supreme Court, 12 December 2022 – n. 36144', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2025), 20 [– in English]
Burghard Piltz, 'Neue Entwicklungen im UN-Kaufrecht', Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (2023), 2542–2548, at 2546 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 2049 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: Italian