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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
Respondent 1
Case History
Seller 1
Buyer 1
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
This decision is cited by 2
Decision published in 6
CLOUT number
84
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
940420g1
Comments on this decision 4
Full text and abstract of decision 2
