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CISG-online number
228
Case name
Blood infusion devices case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Obergericht des Kantons Luzern (Court of Appeal Canton Lucerne)
Chamber
I. Kammer (1st Chamber)
Date of decision
08 January 1997
Case nr./docket nr.
11 95 123/357
Claimant 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Blood infusion devices case
Amtsgericht Luzern-Land (Court of First Instance Luzern-Land)
Switzerland, 06 October 1995, CISG-online 3005
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
Distributor
Category of goods
54: Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
Goods as per contract
14,000 blood infusion devices
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 3(2); Art. 38(1); Art. 38(3); Art. 39(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 44
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 45; Art. 74
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 7(1)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Distribution agreement
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Editorial remark

Decision published in 3
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (1997), 132–133
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung (SJZ) / Revue Suisse de Jurisprudence (RSJ) (1998), 515–518
Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (1999), 53
CLOUT number
192
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
970108s1
Comment on this decision 1
Claude Witz, Recueil Dalloz (D.) (1998), somm., 31 [– in French]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 192 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Martin Eimer & Ruth M. Janal