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CISG-online number
127
Case name
Iroko wood case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Köln (Court of Appeal Cologne)
Chamber
22. Zivilsenat (22nd panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
22 February 1994
Case nr./docket nr.
22 U 202/93
Claimant 1
Place of business
Nigeria
Role in transaction
Seller’s assignee
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Iroko wood case
Landgericht Aachen (District Court Aachen)
Germany, 28 July 1993 – 42 O 68/93, CISG-online 168
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Nigeria
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
24: Cork and wood
Goods as per contract
540 m³ Iroko wood
Price
189'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 18(1); Art. 29(1); Art. 38(3); Art. 39(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 49
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Uncertainty about party to the sales contract
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Decision published in 6
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1994), 972–973 [Full text – in German]
Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1995), 393–395 [Full text – in German]
OLG-Report (OLGR) Köln (1995), 92–94 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (1994), No. 29, 73–74 [Full text – in German]
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1995), No. 49, 230 [Abstract – in Italian]
Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (1994), 867 [Abstract – in German]
CLOUT number
120
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
940222g1
Comments on this decision 3
Gert Reinhart, 'Zur nachträglichen Änderung des Vertragsstatuts nach Art. 27 Abs. 2 EGBGB durch Parteivereinbarung im Prozeß (zu OLG Köln, 22.02.1994 - 22 U 202/93)', Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1995), 365–371 [– in German]
Peter Schlechtriem, 'Anmerkung zu OLG Köln, 22.2.1994 – 22 U 202/93', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (1994), 867–868 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 268 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 120 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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