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CISG-online number
7049
Case name
Mersen France Py S.A.S. et al. v. INEOS Chemicals Lavera S.A.S. et al.
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence (Court of Appeal Aix-en-Provence)
Chamber
8ème chambre (8th chamber)
Judges
Yves Roussel (Presiding and Reporting Judge), Anne Chalbos (Judge), Anne Dubois (Judge), France-Noëlle Masson (Griffier), Lydie Berenguier (Griffier)
Date of decision
21 July 2016
Case nr./docket nr.
14/06116
Claimants 2
Name
INEOS Chemicals Lavera S.A.S.
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Successor to buyer's obligations under the contract (due to a tripartite contract amendment)
Name
Petroineos Manufacturing France S.A.S. (formerly INEOS Manufacturing France S.A.S.)
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
Mersen Xianda Shanghai Co. Ltd
Place of business
China
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Mersen France Py S.A.S. (previously Carbone Lorraine Equipement)
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
INEOS Chemicals Lavera S.A.S. et al. v. Mersen Xianda Shanghai Co. Ltd et al.
Tribunal de Commerce d'Aix-en-Provence (Commercial Court Aix-en-Provence)
France, 04 June 2013, CISG-online 6989
accepting jurisdiction over the dispute
INEOS Chemicals Lavera S.A.S. et al. v. Mersen Xianda Shanghai Co. Ltd et al.
Tribunal de Commerce d'Aix-en-Provence (Commercial Court Aix-en-Provence)
France, 25 February 2014, CISG-online 7015
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Sellers 2
Name
Mersen Xianda Shanghai Co. Ltd
Place of business
China
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Name
Mersen France Py S.A.S. (previously Carbone Lorraine Equipement)
Place of business
France
Buyer 1
Name
Petroineos Manufacturing France S.A.S. (formerly INEOS Manufacturing France S.A.S.)
Place of business
France
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
4 heat exchangers for use in an ethylene oxide production unit in a chemical plant
Price
610'000.00 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
French law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 47(1); Art. 47(2); Art. 72
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1; Art. 7; Art. 8; Art. 30
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 6; Art. 81(1)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Uncertainty about party to the sales contract
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Cybernetix S.A. v. CD Systems de Columbia S.A.
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
France, 13 September 2011 – 09-70305, CISG-online 2311
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: French