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CISG-online number
6624
Case name
Herbafrost N.V. v. Luijkx
Jurisdiction
Belgium
Court
Rechtbank van Eerste Aanleg Antwerpen (Court of First Instance Antwerp)
Chamber
Kamer TB5 (Chamber TB5)
Judges
R. Vinckx (Sole judge), K. Versmissen (Griffier)
Date of decision
27 November 2017
Case nr./docket nr.
16/1385/A
Claimant 1
Name
Herbafrost N.V.
Place of business
Belgium
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Franciscus Jacobus Christianus Luijkx
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Franciscus Jacobus Christianus Luijkx
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in trade
Producer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Herbafrost N.V.
Place of business
Belgium
Category of goods
7: Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, and manufactures thereof
Goods as per contract
120 tons of thyme, to be grown by the seller on the fields "aan huis 4" and "Van Meer"
Price
36'000.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
no, Art. 3(2)
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Dutch law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 3(2)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 3(1)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
AMD Electronique v. Rosenberger Siam S.p.A.
Cour d'appel de Chambéry (Court of Appeal Chambéry)
France, 25 May 1993 – 93-648, CISG-online 223
Editorial remark
by Ulrich G. Schroeter

The present decision dealt with a dispute arising from a contract between a Belgian company (Herbafrost N.V., the Claimant) and a Dutch farmer (Luijkx, the Respondent) about the quality of thyme delivered by the Respondent to the Claimant.

The Court ruled (in paras. 15–18 of the decision) that the CISG did not apply to the contract due to Art. 3(2) CISG, because the Respondent's task under the contract had consisted of growing, on his land, thyme seeds supplied by the Claimant in order to deliver the eventual harvest back to the Claimant. The Court therefore applied domestic Dutch law in deciding the dispute.

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Original language: Dutch