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CISG-online number
7022
Case name
E-scooters case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. zivilrechtliche Abteilung/Ire Cour de droit civil (1st department for civil law matters)
Judges
Christina Kiss (Presiding Judge), Fabienne Hohl (Judge), Yves Rüedi (Judge), Martin Tanner (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
16 May 2024
Case nr./docket nr.
4A_56/2024
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
E-scooters case
Handelsgericht des Kantons St. Gallen (Commercial Court Canton St. Gallen)
Switzerland, 03 November 2023 – HG.2020.148-HGK, HG.2021.30 HGK, CISG-online 6872
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
78: Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
Goods as per contract
4,000 e-scooters (with German traffic admission and German technical certification) and 2,000 replacement batteries
Price
2'699'920.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
no, the admissible challenges raised in the appeal did not concern the application of the CISG
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 25; Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 81(1); Art. 81(2); Art. 84(1)
Decision published in 2
Zeitschrift für Vertriebsrecht (ZVertriebsR) (2024), 236–239 [Full text – in German]
Jusletter (24. November 2025), 2–3 [Abstract – in German]
Comment on this decision 1
Christoph Brunner, Dario Galli & Markus Vischer, 'Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zum Kaufvertragsrecht im Jahr 2024', Jusletter (24. November 2025), 1–52, at no. 9–12 [– in German]  
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: German