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CISG-online number
220
Case name
Musgrave Ltd. v. Ceramique Culinaire de France SA
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
Chamber
Chambre commerciale, financière et économique (Commercial chamber)
Judge
Pierre Bézard (Presiding Judge)
Date of decision
17 December 1996
Case nr./docket nr.
95-20.273
Claimant 1
Name
Musgrave Ltd.
Place of business
Ireland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Ceramique Culinaire de France SA
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Musgrave Ltd. v. Ceramique Culinaire de France SA
Tribunal de Grande Instance de Strasbourg (District Court Strasbourg)
France, 17 November 1993, CISG-online 2981
Musgrave Ltd. v. Ceramique Culinaire de France SA
Cour d'appel de Colmar (Court of Appeal Colmar)
France, 26 September 1995 – 1 B 9400488, CISG-online 226
affirming in part, reversing in part
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Name
Ceramique Culinaire de France SA
Place of business
France
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Musgrave Ltd.
Place of business
Ireland
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
66: Non-metallic mineral manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
40,000 sets of ceramic baking dishes
Price
2'740'000.00 FRF (French Francs)
CISG applicable
unclear
(Domestic) law applied in addition
French law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35(2)(a)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 6
This decision is cited by 3
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Italy, 25 February 2004 – 40552, CISG-online 819
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Cour civile du Tribunal Cantonal de Vaud (Court of First Instance Canton Vaud)
Switzerland, 08 December 2000 – 476/2000/FJO, CISG-online 1841
Rheinland Versicherungen v. Atlarex s.r.l.
Tribunale di Vigevano (District Court Vigevano)
Italy, 12 July 2000 – 405, CISG-online 493
Decision published in 3
Recueil Dalloz (D.) (1997), 337
Revue critique de droit international privé (Rev. crit. dr. int. privé) (1997), 72
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (1998), 89
CLOUT number
206
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
961217f1
Comment on this decision 1
Claude Witz, 'Convention de Vienne et droit interne de la vente - note sous Cass. com. 17 décembre 1996', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (1997), 337–340 [– in French]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 206 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French