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CISG-online number
71
Case name
Maaden General Foreign Trade Organisation for Metal & Building Materials v. Thyssen Stahlunion GmbH
Arbitral Tribunal
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Seat of the arbitration
Paris (France)
Date of decision
26 March 1993
Case nr./docket nr.
6653/ES/FMS
Claimant 1
Name
Maaden General Foreign Trade Organisation for Metal & Building Materials
Place of business
Syria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Thyssen Stahlunion GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
Thyssen Stahlunion GmbH v. Maaden General Foreign Trade Organisation for Metal & Building Materials
Cour d'appel de Paris (Court of Appeal Paris)
France, 06 April 1995, CISG-online 139
Seller 1
Name
Thyssen Stahlunion GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Name
Maaden General Foreign Trade Organisation for Metal & Building Materials
Place of business
Syria
Category of goods
67: Iron and steel
Goods as per contract
24,055 tons of steel bars
Price
8'077'927.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
French law
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1; Art. 78 ; Art. 79; Art. 84
This decision is cited by 3
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ICC International Court of Arbitration
Arbitration, 2002 – 11333 (Interim Award), CISG-online 1420
Rheinland Versicherungen v. Atlarex s.r.l.
Tribunale di Vigevano (District Court Vigevano)
Italy, 12 July 2000 – 405, CISG-online 493
Chemicals case V
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Arbitration, 08. 1999 – 9887 (Final Award), CISG-online 4973
Decision published in 3
Journal du droit international (JDI or Clunet) (1993), 1041–1047 [Full text – in French]
Journal du droit international (JDI or Clunet) (1993), 1053–1056
Jean-Jacques Arnaldez, Yves Derains & Dominique Hascher (eds.), Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards/Recueil des sentences arbitrales de la CCI 1991–1995, The Hague/London/Boston: ICC Publishing/Kluwer Law International (1997), at 513–529 [Text (excerpt) – in French]
CLOUT number
103
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
936653i1
Comments on this decision 2
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 277–278 [– in English]
Djakhongir Saidov, 'Methods of Limiting Damages under the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods', 14 Pace International Law Review (Pace Int'l L. Rev.) (2002), 307–377, at 374 [– in English]  
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 103 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French