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CISG-online number
21
Case name
Italian fashion textiles case III
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Landgericht Hamburg (District Court Hamburg)
Date of decision
26 September 1990
Case nr./docket nr.
5 O 543/88
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
84: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Goods as per contract
Fashion textiles
Price
94'893.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, due to the applicability of the law of a CISG Contracting State
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Italian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8; Art. 29(1); Art. 78
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 1(1)(b)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 23; Art. 53; Art. 58(1); Art. 74
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 7(2); Art. 9(2); Art. 10; Art. 14 et seq.; Art. 15, Art. 18; Art. 54; Art. 95
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Agency; Assumption of debt; Uncertainty about party to the sales contract
This decision is cited by 2
Ring binders case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 16 July 2013 – VIII ZR 384/12, CISG-online 2466
Marble slabs case I
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Germany, 27 September 1991 – 2 U 1899/89, CISG-online 30
Editorial remark
Bonell, Dir. com. int. 1992, 635
Decision published in 5
Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1991), 400–403 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1990), 1015–1019 [Full text – in German]
Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (EuZW) (1991), 188–192 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (1990), Nr. 42, 86–92 [Full text – in German]
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (1993), 659–660 [Abstract – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:LGHH:1990:0926.5O543.88.0A
CLOUT number
5
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
900926g1
Comments on this decision 4
Volker Behr, 'The Sales Convention in Europe: From Problems in Drafting to Problems in Practice', 17 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (1998), 263–299, at 270–271 [– in English]
Thomas Petz, 'Anmerkung zu OGH, 22.10.2001 - 1 Ob 49/01i', Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (2003), 29–32 [– in German]
Gert Reinhart, 'Fälligkeitszinsen und UN-Kaufrecht (zu LG Hamburg, 26.09.1990 - 5 O 543/88)', Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1991), 376–379 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 363 [– in German]
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