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CISG-online number
157
Case name
Caiato v. Factor France S.A.
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
13 September 1995
Case nr./docket nr.
93/4126
Claimant 1
Name
Société francaise de Factoring international Factor France S.A.
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller’s assignee
Respondent 1
Name
Roger Caiato (doing business as Tomatopasta)
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Factor France S.A. v. Caiato
Tribunal de Commerce de Grenoble (Commercial Court Grenoble)
France, 09 July 1993 – 93J01722, CISG-online 3416
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
Invernizzi
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Name
Roger Caiato (doing business as Tomatopasta)
Place of business
France
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
2: Dairy products and birds' eggs
Goods as per contract
Grated parmesan cheese, for eventual delivery to and sale at French supermarket chain Carrefour
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
French law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(1); Art. 9(1); Art. 35(1); Art. 35(2)(d); Art. 39(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 6
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Assumption of debt; Liability for sudden termination of a commercial relationship (rupture brutale des relations commerciales)
This decision is cited by 4
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Okresný súd Dunajská Streda (District Court Dunajska Streda)
Slovak Republic, 11 June 2015 – 16Cb/124/2015 / 2214218939 , CISG-online 4533
Smallmon v. Transport Sales Limited
Court of Appeal of New Zealand
New Zealand, 22 July 2011 – [2011] NZCA 340 / C A545/2010, CISG-online 2215
Smallmon v. Transport Sales Limited
High Court of New Zealand
New Zealand, 30 July 2010 – [2012] NZLR 109 / CIV-2009-409-000363, CISG-online 2113
Business cards case
Cour de Justice de Genève (Court of Appeal Canton Geneva)
Switzerland, 20 January 2006 – C/27176/2001 / ACJC/47/2006, CISG-online 1504
CLOUT number
202
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
950913f1
Comments on this decision 4
Andrea L. Charters, 'Fitting the “Situation”: The CISG and the Regulated Market', 4 Washington University Global Studies Law Review (Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev.) (2005), 1–42, at 38–39 [– in English]  
Andrew J. Kennedy, 'Recent Developments: Non-conforming Goods Under the CISG - What's a Buyer to Do?', 16 Dickinson Journal of International Law (Dick. J. Int'l L.) (1998), 319–341, at 338 [– in English]  
Dorothée Pardoel, Revue critique de droit international privé (Rev. crit. dr. int. privé) (1996), 674–683 [– in French]
Claude Witz, 'Note sous Cour d’appel de Grenoble, 13 septembre 1995', Journal du droit international (JDI or Clunet) (1996), 948–968 [– in French]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 202 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French
Translation of decision
Language: English
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