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CISG-online number
187
Case name
Chinese goods case
Arbitral Tribunal
Schiedsgericht der Handelskammer Hamburg
(Court of Arbitration of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce)
Date of decision
21 March 1996
Case nr./docket nr.
Partial Award (on the merits)
Claimant 1
Place of business
Hong Kong (British Dependent Territory)
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Present decision decision on merits
Chinese goods case
Schiedsgericht der Handelskammer Hamburg (Court of Arbitration of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce)
Arbitration, 21 June 1996 – Final Award (on costs), CISG-online 465
decision on costs
Seller 1
Place of business
Hong Kong (British Dependent Territory)
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
100: Unspecified goods
Goods as per contract
Chinese goods (no further specification)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4; Art. 6; Art. 7; Art. 8; Art. 45(2); Art. 47(1); Art. 49(1)(b); Art. 74; Art. 78; Art. 79
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 25; Art. 39; Art. 51; Art. 53; Art. 73; Art. 76; Art. 77; Art. 80
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BRI Production "Bonaventure" S.a.r.l. v. Pan African Export
Cour d'appel de Grenoble (Court of Appeal Grenoble)
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Italian shoes case XVII
Landgericht Frankfurt am Main (District Court Frankfurt am Main)
Germany, 13 July 1994 – 3/13 O 3/94, CISG-online 118
Industrial ink-jet printers case I
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Germany, 17 September 1993 – 2 U 1230/91, CISG-online 91
This decision is cited by 5
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SO.M.AGRI s.a.s. v. Erzeugerorganisation Marchfeldgemüse GmbH & Co. KG
Tribunale di Padova (District Court Padova)
Italy, 25 February 2004 – 40552, CISG-online 819
Greek Powder and Cartridge Company SA v. Ministry of Defence (Iraq)
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Arbitration, 31 January 2003 – 7094/CK/AER/ACS, CISG-online 5445
Milk powder case
Oberlandesgericht Dresden (Court of Appeal Dresden)
Germany, 23 October 2000 – 2 U 1181/00, CISG-online 1935
Czech cheese case
Schiedsgericht der Hamburger freundschaftlichen Arbitrage (Hamburg Friendly Arbitration)
Arbitration, 29 December 1998, CISG-online 638
Decision published in 4
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (1996), 3229–3232 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1996), 766–771 [Full text – in German]
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (1996), 781–783 [Full text – in German]
22 Yearbook Commercial Arbitration (Y.B. Com. Arb.) (1997), 35–50 [Excerpts (translation) – in English]
CLOUT number
166
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
960321g1
Comments on this decision 3
Harry M. Flechtner, 'Recovering Attorneys' Fees as Damages under the U.N. Sales Convention: A Case Study on the New International Commercial Practice and the Role of Case Law in CISG Jurisprudence, with Comments on Zapata Hermanos Sucesores, S.A. v. Hearthside Baking Co.', 22 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business (Nw. J. Int'l L. & Bus) (2002), 121–159, at 131–132 [– in English]  
Chengwei Liu, 'Effects of Avoidance: Perspectives from the CISG, UNIDROIT Principles and PECL and case law', Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (NJCL) (2005), #1, 1–31 [– in English]  
Brandon Nagy, 'Unreliable Excuses: How Do Differing Persuasive Interpretations of CISG Article 79 Affect Its Goal of Harmony?', 26(2) New York International Law Review (N.Y. Int'l L. Rev.) (2013), 61–92, at 69–72 [– in English]  
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