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CISG-online number
269
Case name
Monoammonium phosphate case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Peter Angst (Presiding Judge), Dr. Graf (Judge), Dr. Ernst Tittel (Judge), Dr. Peter Schinko (Judge), Dr. Peter Baumann (Judge)
Date of decision
20 March 1997
Case nr./docket nr.
2 Ob 58/97m
Claimant 1
Place of business
Russian Federation
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Monoammonium phosphate case
Handelsgericht Wien (Commercial Court Vienna)
Austria, 11 June 1996 – 15 Cg 11/94y-24, CISG-online 270
Monoammonium phosphate case
Oberlandesgericht Wien (Court of Appeal Vienna)
Austria, 07 November 1996 – 2 R 107/96m-29, CISG-online 271
reversing
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Austria
Buyer 1
Place of business
Russian Federation
Category of goods
56: Fertilizers (other than those of group 272 (which is a part of division 27))
Goods as per contract
10,000 tons +/- 10% of monoammonium phosphate (MAP)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Austrian law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4; Art. 8(2); Art. 14(1); Art. 19(3)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 19(1); Art. 19(2); Art. 26
This decision is cited by 1
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
Juristische Blätter (JBl) (1997), 592–594
Österreichische Juristen-Zeitung (ÖJZ) (1997), 829–831
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (1997), 204–207
CLOUT number
189
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
970320a3
Comment on this decision 1
Georg Wilhelm, 'Anmmerkung: UN-Kaufrecht: Abweichen der Annahme von der Offerte', ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (1997), 657 [– in German]
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Translation of decision
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Jan Henning Berg & Daniel Nagel