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CISG-online number
261
Case name
Iron molybdenum case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Hamburg (Court of Appeal Hamburg)
Chamber
1. Zivilsenat (1st panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
28 February 1997
Case nr./docket nr.
1 U 167/95
Claimant 1
Place of business
United Kingdom
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Iron molybdenum case
Landgericht Hamburg (District Court Hamburg)
Germany, 02 October 1995 – 419 O 85/95, CISG-online 395
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
United Kingdom
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
28: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap
Goods as per contract
18,000 kilograms of iron molybdenum (concentration of molybdenum: at least 64%; origin: China)
Price
174'600.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 25; Art. 75
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 79(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(1); Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 49(1)(b); Art. 77
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 74
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 26; Art. 78
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Currency of payment; Role of good faith in CISG cases
Legal issues regarding Incoterms addressed
Effect on importance of delivery’s timeliness under CISG contract
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Decision published in 3
OLG-Report (OLGR) Hamburg (1997), 149–152 [Full text – in German]
Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (1997), 791 [Abstract – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2020), 170–175 [Text (excerpt) – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:OLGHH:1997:0228.1U167.95.0A
CLOUT number
277
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
970228g1
Comment on this decision 1
Peter Mankowski, 'Anmerkung zu OLG Hamburg, 28.2.1997 – 1 U 167/95', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (1997), 791–792 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 277 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Linus Meyer