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CISG-online number
149
Case name
Key press case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
VIII. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
15 February 1995
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 18/94
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Key press case
Landgericht Düsseldorf (District Court Düsseldorf)
Germany, 09 July 1992 – 31 O 223/91, CISG-online 42
Key press case
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Germany, 18 November 1993 – 6 U 228/92, CISG-online 92
Present decision reversing and remanding
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Key press (model M 32)
Price
259'900.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 72(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 49(2)(b)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3(1); Art. 47(1); Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 49(1)(b); Art. 53; Art. 80
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Assignment of claims from CISG contract; Retention of title clause in CISG contract; Set-off
This decision is cited by 3
Hungarian injection moulding tools case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 24 September 2014 – VIII ZR 394/12, CISG-online 2545
Strip steel case
Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe (Court of Appeal Karlsruhe)
Germany, 21 November 2002 – 12 U 111/02, CISG-online 2695
New Zealand mussels case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 08 March 1995 – VIII ZR 159/94, CISG-online 144
Decision published in 7
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (1995), 2101–2103 [Full text – in German]
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (1995), 562–563 [Full text – in German]
Wertpapiermitteilungen Teil IV – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WM) (1995), 1103–1106 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1995), 505–506 [Full text – in German]
Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (EuZW) (1995), 451–453 [Full text – in German]
Wirtschaftliche Beratung (WiB) (1995), 799–800 [Full text – in German]
Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1996), 195–197 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
124
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
950215g1
Comments on this decision 5
Fritz Enderlein, 'Vertragsaufhebung und Pflicht zur Kaufpreiszahlung nach UN-Kaufrecht: zu Bundesgerichtshof, 15. Februar 1995 – VIII ZR 18/94', Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1996), 182–184 [– in German]
Peter Schlechtriem, 'Anmerkung zu BGH, 15.2.1995 – VIII ZR 18/94', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (1995), 451–452 [– in German]
Martin Schmidt-Kessel, 'Vertragsaufhebung nach UN-Kaufrecht', Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1996), 60–65 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 222 [– in German]
Manuela Zoberbier, 'BGH: Vertragsmäßigkeit der Ware sowie Aufhebung des Kaufvertrags wegen künftiger wesentlicher Vertragsverletzung nach UN-Kaufrecht', Wirtschaftliche Beratung (WiB) (1995), 799–800 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 124 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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