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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
Name
T[…], s.r.o.
Place of business
Slovak Republic
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
T[…] gesellschaft m.b.H.
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
Protective masks case II
Oberlandesgericht Wien (Court of Appeal Vienna)
Austria, 29 August 2022 – 1 R 38/22y, CISG-online 6253
affirming
Protective masks case II
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 28 February 2023 – 4 Ob 210/22v, CISG-online 6292
affirming
Seller 1
Name
T[…] gesellschaft m.b.H.
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
T[…], s.r.o.
Place of business
Slovak Republic
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
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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