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CISG-online number
371
Case name
Vital Berry Marketing v. Dirafrost Frozen Fruit Industry NV
Jurisdiction
Belgium
Court
Rechtbank van Koophandel Hasselt (Commercial Court Hasselt)
Judges
C. Beerten (Presiding Judge), H. Leroi (Judge), P. Baert (Judge), W. Bours (Griffier)
Date of decision
02 May 1995
Case nr./docket nr.
AR 1849/94
Claimant 1
Name
Vital Berry Marketing
Place of business
Chile
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Dirafrost Frozen Fruit Industry NV
Place of business
Belgium
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
Vital Berry Marketing
Place of business
Chile
Buyer 1
Name
Dirafrost Frozen Fruit Industry NV
Place of business
Belgium
Category of goods
5: Vegetables and fruit
Goods as per contract
37 tons of frozen rasberries
Price
120'324.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, due to the parties' agreement during the court proceedings
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 12; Art. 29(1); Art. 79(1); Art. 96
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 11; Art. 53; Art. 62; Art. 74; Art. 77
This decision is cited by 1
Scafom International BV & Orion Metal BVBA v. Exma CPI SA
Rechtbank van Koophandel Tongeren (Commercial Court Tongeren)
Belgium, 25 January 2005 – A.R. A/04/01960, CISG-online 1106
Decision published in 1
Rechtskundig Weekblad (RW) (1995-96), No. 40, 1378–1379 [Full text – in Dutch]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
950502b1
Comments on this decision 2
Tobias Eckardt, Ulrich Magnus & Burghard Piltz, 'Art. 79 CISG in der internationalen Rechtsprechung. Eine Auswahl französischer, schweizerischer, belgischer, US-amerikanischer, niederländischer und spanischer Entscheidungen', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2020), 140–149, at 143–144 [– in German]  
Johan Erauw, '§ 2. Het Weens Koopverdrag (1980), in: Erauw/Claeys/Lambein/Roox/Verhellen, Overzicht van rechtspraak: Internationaal privaatrecht en Nationaliteitsrecht (1993–1998)', Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht (TPR) (1998), 1511–1539, at no. 257 [– in Dutch]  
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Original language: Dutch