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CISG-online number
3
Case name
CISG as reflection of trade usages case
Arbitral Tribunal
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Date of decision
1989
Case nr./docket nr.
5713 (Final Award)
Claimant 1
Place of business
Turkey
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Place of business
Turkey
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
100: Unspecified goods
Goods as per contract
Goods (unspecified)
CISG applicable
yes, as an expression of trade usages (Article 13(5) ICC Arbitration Rules 1975)
CISG applied
yes
CISG provisions also cited
lex mercatoria; Art. 38(1); Art. 39(1); Art. 40
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ICC International Court of Arbitration
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Editorial remark
Decision also published in Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards vol. II
Decision published in 2
15 Yearbook Commercial Arbitration (Y.B. Com. Arb.) (1990), 70–73
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1993), 651
CLOUT number
45
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
895713i1
Comments on this decision 2
Ronald A. Brand & Harry M. Flechtner, 'Arbitration and Contract Formation in International Trade: First Interpretations of the U.N. Sales Convention', 12 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (1993), 239–260 [– in English]  
Monica Kilian, 'CISG and the Problem with Common Law Jurisdictions', 10 Journal of Transnational Law and Policy (J. Transnat'l L. & Policy) (2001), 217–243, at 224 [– in English]  
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 45 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: English