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CISG-online number
6903
Case name
Inter Rao UES et al. v. CELEC EP
Arbitral Tribunal
Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación de la Cámara de Comercio de Santiago (CAM Santiago)
(Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre)
Seat of the arbitration
Santiago de Chile
Arbitrators
Prof. Dr. Juan Fernández-Armesto (Presiding arbitrator (Chairperson)), Alexis Mourre (Co-arbitrator), Guido Tawil (Co-arbitrator), Felipe Aragón (Arbitral Secretary)
Date of decision
29 May 2023
Case nr./docket nr.
3568-18
Claimants 2
Name
Inter Rao UES
Place of business
Russian Federation
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Sociedad Anónima Abierta Inter Rao Ues
Place of business
Ecuador
Role in transaction
Company related to seller
Respondent 1
Name
Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador CELEC E.P.
Place of business
Ecuador
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
Inter Rao UES
Place of business
Russian Federation
Buyer 1
Name
Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador CELEC E.P.
Place of business
Ecuador
Category of goods
71: Power-generating machinery and equipment
Goods as per contract
Turbogenerating units and other electro and hydromechanical equipment (for installation as part of the Toachi Pilatón hydroelectric project in Ecuador)
Price
144'998'830.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
no, Art. 3(2) and Art. 6
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Ecuador law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 3(2); Art. 6
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1); Arts. 14–19; Art. 25; Art. 29; Art. 30; Art. 49; Art. 49(2)(a); Art. 53
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Definition of 'contract of sale'; Turnkey contract
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Waste separation machines case
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Switzerland, 09 July 2002 – HG000120/U/zs, CISG-online 726
This decision cites the following CISG-AC Opinion 1
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
Creator of abstract
Juan Manuel Ramírez Cirera
Full text of decision