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CISG-online number
7101
Case name
Energy storage container case
Jurisdiction
Belgium
Court
Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent (Commercial Court Ghent)
Chamber
Afdeling Kortrijk (Department Kortrijk)
Judges
P. Deseyne (Presiding Judge), K. Laroy (Judge), Pieter De Smet (Judge), Nathalie Bostoen (Griffier)
Date of decision
29 April 2021
Claimant 1
Name
[...] N.V.
Place of business
Belgium
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
[...] B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
[...] B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
[...] N.V.
Place of business
Belgium
Category of goods
71: Power-generating machinery and equipment
Goods as per contract
Energy storage (battery) container, capable of providing at least 2 megawatt (MW) energy for 30 minutes
Price
1'093'430.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Belgian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 3(1); Art. 6; Art. 39(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35(1); Art. 38(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 36(1); Art. 36(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Battle of the forms; Definition of 'goods'; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Unitary non-conformity concept of the CISG
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3
Spinning plant case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 16 July 2012 – 4A_753/2011, CISG-online 2371
Prefabricated house case
Obergericht des Kantons Aargau (Court of Appeal Canton Aargau)
Switzerland, 03 March 2009 – ZOR.2008.16 / eb, CISG-online 2013
Volmari v. Isocab N.V.
Hof van Beroep Gent (Court of Appeal Ghent)
Belgium, 14 November 2008 – 2008/AR/912, CISG-online 1908
This decision cites the following CISG-AC Opinion 1
CISG-AC Opinion No. 4 ‘Contracts for the Sale of Goods to be Manufactured or Produced and Mixed Contracts (Article 3 CISG)’ (Rapporteur: Pilar Perales Viscasillas), adopted by the CISG Advisory Council at its 7th meeting in Madrid (Spain) on 24 October 2004
Decision published in 1
Revue de droit international privé / Tijdschrift voor internationaal privaatrecht (2021/2), 74–84 [Full text – in Dutch]
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: Dutch