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CISG-online number
248
Case name
Floating center case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Date of decision
26 April 1995
Case nr./docket nr.
HG 920670
Claimant 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
89: Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
"Floating Center" (saltwater isolation tank)
Price
42'042.80 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3(2); Art. 5; Art. 25; Art. 35; Art. 39(1); Art. 49; Art. 74
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 38; Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 79
This decision is cited by 4
Ecogen Holding B.V. v. Isolcell Italia S.p.A.
Tribunale di Bolzano (District Court Bolzano)
Italy, 27 January 2009, CISG-online 2344
Al Palazzo S.r.l. v. Bernardaud S.A.
Tribunale di Rimini (District Court Rimini)
Italy, 26 November 2002 – 3095, CISG-online 737
Inflatable triumphal arch case
Handelsgericht des Kantons Aargau (Commercial Court Canton Aargau)
Switzerland, 05 November 2002 – OR.2001.00029, CISG-online 715
Rheinland Versicherungen v. Atlarex s.r.l.
Tribunale di Vigevano (District Court Vigevano)
Italy, 12 July 2000 – 405, CISG-online 493
Decision published in 2
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (1996), 51–53 [Abstract – in German]
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1998), No. 149, 736–737 [Abstract – in Italian]
CLOUT number
196
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
950426s1
Comments on this decision 2
Andrew J. Kennedy, 'Recent Developments: Non-conforming Goods Under the CISG - What's a Buyer to Do?', 16 Dickinson Journal of International Law (Dick. J. Int'l L.) (1998), 319–341, at 332 [– in English]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 236 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2