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CISG-online number
351
Case name
Austrian summer malting barley case
Arbitral Tribunal
Schiedsgericht der Börse für landwirtschaftliche Produkte in Wien
(Arbitral Tribunal of the Exchange for Agricultural Products in Vienna)
Seat of the arbitration
Vienna (Austria)
Date of decision
10 December 1997
Case nr./docket nr.
S 2/97
Claimant 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Poland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Place of business
Austria
Buyer 1
Place of business
Poland
Category of goods
4: Cereals and cereal preparations
Goods as per contract
6,300,000 kilograms of Austrian summer malting barley
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a) or (b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Austrian law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 25; Art. 64; Art. 72(2); Art. 73(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 6; Art. 39; Art. 41; Art. 43(1); Art. 42
Decision published in 1
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (1998), 211–220
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
971210a3
Comment on this decision 1
Eun-Bin Kim, 'An Arbitral Case Study on Burden of Proof for Non-Conformity of Goods Under CISG', 32(3) Journal of Arbitration Studies (J. Arb. Stud.) (2022), 71–91, at 85 [– in English]  
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