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CISG-online number
6229
Case name
Protective masks case II
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Handelsgericht Wien (Commercial Court Vienna)
Chamber
Abteilung 59 (Department 59)
Judge
Mag. Barbara Rath-Ruggenthaler (Sole judge)
Date of decision
03 January 2022
Case nr./docket nr.
59 Cg 49/20a-67
Claimant 1
Respondent 1
Case History
Seller 1
Buyer 1
Category of goods
54: Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
Goods as per contract
150,000 FFP2/KN95 protective masks of „Standard CE (EN 149:2001+A1:2009)”
Price
363'000.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, due to parties' choice of the law of a CISG Contracting State in their contract
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Austrian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 49(2)(b)(i)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 35(2)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35(1); Art. 39(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1); Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 23; Art. 25; Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 50
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 4(a)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Remedies under domestic law for reprehensible conduct (fraud etc.); Rescission of contract under domestic law because of party's mistake (error) at contract formation
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