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CISG-online number
216
Case name
Cobalt sulphate case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Hamburg (Court of Appeal Hamburg)
Chamber
5. Zivilsenat (5th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
14 December 1994
Case nr./docket nr.
5 U 224/93
Claimant 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Cobalt sulphate case
Landgericht Hamburg (District Court Hamburg)
Germany, 05 November 1993 – 404 O 175/92, CISG-online 215
Present decision affirming
Cobalt sulphate case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 03 April 1996 – VIII ZR 51/95, CISG-online 135
affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
68: Non-ferrous metals
Goods as per contract
15,000 kilograms of Cobalt sulphate 21%
Price
520'250.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Dutch law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 25; Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 49(1)(b); Art. 69(3)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3; Art. 35(2); Art. 53; Art. 58; Art. 61; Art. 74
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
941214g1
Comment on this decision 1
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 244–245 [– in English]
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Full text of decision
Original language: German