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CISG-online number
162
Case name
Italian knitwear case I
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Amtsgericht Kehl (Local Court Kehl)
Date of decision
06 October 1995
Case nr./docket nr.
3 C 925/93
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
84: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Goods as per contract
310 pullovers
Price
9'765.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 19(1); Art. 39(1); Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 6; Art. 58; Art. 59; Art. 100(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Battle of the forms; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Lori s.r.l. v. Parandian GmbH
Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (Court of Appeal Frankfurt am Main)
Germany, 18 January 1994 – 5 U 15/93, CISG-online 123
Italian shoes case III
Landgericht Stuttgart (District Court Stuttgart)
Germany, 31 August 1989 – 3 KfH O 97/89, CISG-online 11
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Al Palazzo S.r.l. v. Bernardaud S.A.
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Rheinland Versicherungen v. Atlarex s.r.l.
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Esta Behang B.V. v. Multi Import Rainbow Color Center N.V.
Rechtbank van Koophandel Hasselt (Commercial Court Hasselt)
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Multi Zwolle B.V. v. Multi-Import Rainbow Color Center N.V.
Rechtbank van Koophandel Hasselt (Commercial Court Hasselt)
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Film coating machine case
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Decision published in 6
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift – Rechtsprechungs-Report (NJW-RR) (1996), 565–566 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1996), 957–958 [Full text – in German]
Jahrbuch für Italienisches Recht (JbItR) (1996), No. 23, 298 [Abstract – in German]
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1997), No. 164, 749–750 [Abstract – in Italian]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (1995), No. 33, 55 [Full text – in German]
Wirtschaftliche Beratung (WiB) (1996), 398 [Full text – in German]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
951006g1
Comments on this decision 2
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 337 [– in English]  
Manuela Zoberbier, 'Anmerkung', Wirtschaftliche Beratung (WiB) (1996), 398 [– in German]
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Gerd A. Zimmermann & Ruth M. Janal