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CISG-online number
353
Case name
Foil case I
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
VIII. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
25 November 1998
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 259/97
Claimant 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Foil case I
Landgericht Heidelberg (District Court Heidelberg)
Germany, 02 October 1996 – O 37/96 KfH II, CISG-online 264
Foil case I
Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe (Court of Appeal Karlsruhe)
Germany, 25 June 1997 – 1 U 280/96, CISG-online 263
reversing
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
58: Plastics in non-primary forms
Goods as per contract
7,500 m2 of removable surface protection foil
Price
4'275.00 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. 8(2); Art. 8(3); Art. 38(1); Art. 39(1); Art. 74
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7(1); Art. 35; Art. 36; Art. 40; Art. 44; Art. 80
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Editorial remark
Magnus, LM CISG Nr. 5 (6/1999); Witz, D. 1999 Somm. 356
Decision published in 8
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (1999), 1259–1261 [Full text – in German]
Wertpapiermitteilungen Teil IV – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WM) (1999), 868–870 [Full text – in German]
Der Betrieb (DB) (1999), 697 [ – in German]
Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1999), 377–379 [Full text – in German]
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (1999), 408–409 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1999), 385–386 [Full text – in German]
Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis (AW-Prax) (1999), 176–178 [Full text – in German]
Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (1999), 18–20 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
270
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
981125g1
Comments on this decision 3
Alfred Escher, 'UN-Kaufrecht: stillschweigender Verzicht auf Einwand einer verspäteten Mängelrüge: zugleich Anmerkung zu BGH, RIW 1999, 385 f.', Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1999), 495–502 [– in German]
Karsten Otte, 'UN-Kaufrecht: Käuferrechte bei Weiterverarbeitung der Kaufsache bzw. unterlassener Untersuchung und Mängelanzeige', Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1999), 352–356 [– in German]
Peter Schlechtriem & Martin Schmidt-Kessel, 'Anmerkung zu BGH, 25.11.1998 – VIII ZR 259/97', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (1999), 257–258 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 270 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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Todd J. Fox & Ruth M. Janal