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CISG-online number
74
Case name
Veneer cutting machine case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Chamber
17. Zivilsenat (17th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
02 July 1993
Case nr./docket nr.
17 U 73/93
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Veneer cutting machine case
Landgericht Krefeld (District Court Krefeld)
Germany, 15 December 1991 – 12 O 41/92, CISG-online 470
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
USA
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Veneer cutting machine (for installation and use in a furniture combine in Russia)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes, in determining the jurisdiction of the German courts
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Indiana law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(2); Art. 45; Art. 57(1)(a); Art. 74
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3(1); Art. 6
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Jurisdiction of the courts at the place of performance of obligations arising from a CISG contract under domestic procedural law; Personal injury (allegedly) caused by goods sold under CISG contract
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Germany, 25 March 2010 – HKO 78/08, CISG-online 3065
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Landgericht Gießen (District Court Giessen)
Germany, 17 December 2002 – 6 O 23/02, CISG-online 766
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Cour d'appel de Grenoble (Court of Appeal Grenoble)
France, 23 October 1996 – 94/3859, CISG-online 305
Decision published in 2
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1993), 845–846 [Full text – in German]
Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (1993), 1075 [Leitsatz – in German]
CLOUT number
49
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
930702g1
Comments on this decision 2
Peter Schlechtriem, 'Anmerkung zu OLG Düsseldorf, 2.7.1993 – 19 U 28/92', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (1993), 1075–1076 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 228 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
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