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CISG-online number
47
Case name
Motor yacht case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Date of decision
16 January 1992
Case nr./docket nr.
5 U 534/91
Claimant 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Motor yacht case
Landgericht Koblenz (District Court Koblenz)
Germany, 07 March 1991 – 1 O 259/90, CISG-online 3623
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
79: Other transport equipment
Goods as per contract
Motor yacht (type "Aquanaut 900")
CISG applicable
no, Art. 4(b)
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 4(b); Art. 30 (retention of title clause)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Retention of title clause in CISG contract
This decision is cited by 2
Valve tappets case
Oberlandesgericht Schleswig (Court of Appeal Schleswig)
Germany, 28 May 2020 – 16 U 138/19, CISG-online 5538
Car phones case
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Germany, 21 April 2004 – I-15 U 88/03, CISG-online 915
Editorial remark
by Ulrich G. Schroeter
In the present decision, the Court of Appeal Koblenz held that the CISG does not apply to the validity of a retention of title clause.
Decision published in 4
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1992), 1019–1021 [Full text – in German]
Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1994), 46–49 [Full text – in German]
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1994), No. 34, 852 [Abstract – in Italian]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (1992), No. 72, 166–168 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
226
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
920116g1
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 226 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German