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CISG-online number
305
Case name
SCEA GAEC Des Beauches Bernard Bruno v. Teso Ten Elsen GmbH & Co. KG
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour d'appel de Grenoble (Court of Appeal Grenoble)
Judges
Jean-Paul Béraudo (Presiding Judge), Comte (Judge), Georges Baumet (Judge), Eliane Pelisson (Griffier)
Date of decision
23 October 1996
Case nr./docket nr.
94/3859
Claimant 1
Name
SCEA GAEC Des Beauches Bernard Bruno
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Teso Ten Elsen GmbH & Co. KG
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
SCEA GAEC Des Beauches Bernard Bruno v. Teso Ten Elsen GmbH & Co. KG
Tribunal de Grande Instance de Valence (District Court Valence)
France, 19 April 1994, CISG-online 4081
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
Teso Ten Elsen GmbH & Co. KG
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
SCEA GAEC Des Beauches Bernard Bruno
Place of business
France
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Livestock cages with drinking and feeding system
Price
425'540.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
French law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 57 (jurisdiction)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Jurisdiction of the courts at the place of performance of obligations arising from a CISG contract under the 1968 Brussels Convention
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Germany, 02 July 1993 – 17 U 73/93, CISG-online 74
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Decision published in 1
Revue critique de droit international privé (Rev. crit. dr. int. privé) (1997), 756
CLOUT number
205
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
961023f1
Comment on this decision 1
Anne Sinay-Cytermann, 'Obervations sous Cour d’appel de Grenoble 23 October 1996', Revue critique de droit international privé (Rev. crit. dr. int. privé) (1997), 762–771 [– in French]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 205 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French