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CISG-online number
154
Case name
Joaquim Marques Roque v. Holding Manin Rivière S.a.r.l.
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour d'appel de Grenoble (Court of Appeal Grenoble)
Chamber
Chambre commerciale (Commercial chamber)
Judges
Jean-Paul Béraudo (Presiding Judge), Fallet (Judge), Georges Baumet (Judge), Combe (Griffier)
Date of decision
26 April 1995
Case nr./docket nr.
93/4879
Claimant 1
Name
Holding Manin Rivière S.a.r.l.
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Joaquim Marques Roque
Place of business
Portugal
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Holding Manin Rivière S.a.r.l. v. Joaquim Marques Roque
Tribunal de Commerce de Grenoble (Commercial Court Grenoble)
France, 04 October 1993, CISG-online 4153
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
Holding Manin Rivière S.a.r.l.
Place of business
France
Buyer 1
Name
Joaquim Marques Roque
Place of business
Portugal
Category of goods
69: Manufactures of metals, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Second-hand metal hangar
Price
500'000.00 FRF (French Francs)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
French law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 25; Art. 78
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3(2); Art. 35(2)(b); Art. 48(1); Art. 49
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 46(3)
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Decision published in 1
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1995), No. 88, 465–466 [Abstract – in Italian]
CLOUT number
152
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
950426f2
Comments on this decision 3
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 283 [– in English]
Robert Koch, 'The Concept of Fundamental Breach of Contract under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)', Review of the Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (Rev. CISG) (1999), 177–354, at 254–255 [– in English]
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 and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 152 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French