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CISG-online number
224
Case name
Propane gas case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Ewald Kropfitsch (Presiding Judge), Dr. Hans-Joachim Ehmayr (Judge), Dr. Karl Adolf Steinbauer (Judge), Hon. Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Danzl (Judge), Dr. Peter Bauer (Judge)
Date of decision
06 February 1996
Case nr./docket nr.
10 Ob 518/95
Claimant 1
Name
Friedrich S[...] OHG
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
H[...] GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller's sole shareholder
Name
Z[...] GmbH & Co Betriebs KG
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Propane gas case
Landesgericht Salzburg (District Court Salzburg)
Austria, 13 January 1995 – 9 Cg 398/93 t, CISG-online 3104
Propane gas case
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 23 May 1995 – 1 R 64/95, CISG-online 3105
affirming
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
Z[...] GmbH & Co Betriebs KG
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Friedrich S[...] OHG
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
34: Gas, natural and manufactured
Goods as per contract
3,000 metric tons of propane gas
Price
1'128'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 9(1); Art. 9(2); Art. 14(1); Art. 30; Art. 54
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 11; Art. 29(1); Art. 41; Art. 49(1); Art. 74; Art. 80
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 8(3); Art. 19(1); Art. 25; Art. 49(2); Art. 61; Art. 71; Art. 75; Art. 76
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 26; Art. 77
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Decision published in 4
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (1996), 248–254 [Full text – in German]
Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft (RdW) (1996), 203–205 [Full text – in German]
69 Sammlung Zivilsachen: Entscheidungen des Österreichischen Obersten Gerichtshofes in Zivilsachen (SZ) 26 [Full text – in German]
6 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2002), 153–268 [Full text (translation) – in English]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:1996:RS0104925
CLOUT number
176
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
960206a3
Comments on this decision 4
Martin Karollus, 'OGH: Vertragsabschluß, Nichtlieferung und Schadenersatz nach dem UN-Kaufrecht', Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft (RdW) (1996), 197–199 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 810 [– in German]
Georg Wilhelm, 'Zum CISG bzw UNCITRAL bzw UN-Kaufrecht nichts Neues!', ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (1996), 509–510 [– in German]
Bashayer al-Mukhaizeem, 'Application of CISG in Kuwait', 35 Arab Law Quarterly (2021), 1–22, at 9 [– in English]  
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