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CISG-online number
125
Case name
New Zealand mussels case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (Court of Appeal Frankfurt am Main)
Chamber
13. Zivilsenat (13th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
20 April 1994
Case nr./docket nr.
13 U 51/93
Claimant 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
New Zealand mussels case
Landgericht Darmstadt (District Court Darmstadt)
Germany, 22 December 1992 – 14 O 165/92, CISG-online 177
Present decision
New Zealand mussels case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 08 March 1995 – VIII ZR 159/94, CISG-online 144
Seller 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
3: Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates and preparations thereof
Goods as per contract
1,750 kilograms of mussels (origin: New Zealand)
Price
6'475.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 25; Art. 35(2)(a); Art. 49(1)(a)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35(2)(b); Art. 49(2); Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7(1); Art. 26; Art. 35(2)(d); Art. 38; Art. 39; Art. 46(2); Art. 53
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Currency of payment; Relevance of local standards (in buyer’s country or third country) for conformity of the goods
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Decision published in 6
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1994), 593 [Full text – in German]
OLG-Report (OLGR) Frankfurt (1994), 135–137 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (1994), 80–81 [Full text – in German]
International Legal Forum (1996), 208–209 [Abstract – in English]
Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales/International Business Law Journal (RDAI/IBLJ) (1995), 752–753 [Abstract – in French]
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1995), No. 51, 232 [Abstract – in Italian]
CLOUT number
84
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
940420g1
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 280 [– in English]
Martin Karollus, 'Rechtsprechung zum UN-Kaufrecht (III)', Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft (RdW) (1994), 386–388, at 387 [– in German]
Andrew J. Kennedy, 'Recent Developments: Non-conforming Goods Under the CISG - What's a Buyer to Do?', 16 Dickinson Journal of International Law (Dick. J. Int'l L.) (1998), 319–341, at 329–330 [– in English]  
Ulrich Magnus, 'Stand und Entwicklung des UN-Kaufrechts', Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (ZEuP) (1995), 202–215, at 210 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2