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CISG-online number
151
Case name
BRI Production "Bonaventure" S.a.r.l. v. Pan African Export
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour d'appel de Grenoble (Court of Appeal Grenoble)
Judges
Jean-Paul Béraudo (Presiding Judge), Fallet (Judge), Georges Baumet (Judge)
Date of decision
22 February 1995
Case nr./docket nr.
93/3275
Claimant 1
Name
Pan African Export
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
BRI Production 'Bonaventure' S.a.r.l.
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Pan African Export v. BRI Production "Bonaventure" S.a.r.l.
Tribunal de Commerce de Grenoble (Commercial Court Grenoble)
France, 14 May 1993 – 92J01876, CISG-online 3170
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
BRI Production 'Bonaventure' S.a.r.l.
Place of business
France
Buyer 1
Name
Pan African Export
Place of business
USA
Category of goods
84: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Goods as per contract
Jeans
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(1); Art. 8(1); Art. 25; Art. 64(1)(a); Art. 73(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Distribution agreement; Exclusivity agreement
This decision is cited by 2
Czech cheese case
Schiedsgericht der Hamburger freundschaftlichen Arbitrage (Hamburg Friendly Arbitration)
Arbitration, 29 December 1998, CISG-online 638
Chinese goods case
Schiedsgericht der Handelskammer Hamburg (Court of Arbitration of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce)
Arbitration, 21 March 1996 – Partial Award (on the merits), CISG-online 187
Decision published in 1
Journal du droit international (JDI or Clunet) (1995), 632–639 [Full text – in French]
CLOUT number
154
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
950222f1
Comments on this decision 5
Philippe Kahn, Journal du droit international (JDI or Clunet) (1995), 639–641 [– in French]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 688 [– in German]
Claude Witz, 'La Convention de Vienne sur la vente internationale de marchandises à l'épreuve de la jurisprudence naissante', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (1995), 143–146 [– in French]
Claude Witz & Gerhard Wolter, 'Die ersten Entscheidungen französischer Gerichte zum Einheitlichen UN-Kaufrecht', Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1995), 810–813, at 810–811 [– in German]
Claude Witz, 'L'application de la Convention de Vienne sur la vente internationale de marchandises par les juridictions françaises – Premier bilan –', in: Ferenc Majoros (ed.), emptio-venditio inter nationes: Convention de Vienne sur la vente internationale de marchandises/The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)/Wiener Übereinkommen betreffend Verträge über den internationalen Warenkauf, Basel: Recht und Gesellschaft (1997), 425–456 [– in French]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 154 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Gary F. Bell