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CISG-online number
396
Case name
Vine wax case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
VIII. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
24 March 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 121/98
Claimant 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Manufacturer of the goods sold (not party to the international sales contract)
Case History
Vine wax case
Landgericht Frankenthal (Pfalz) (District Court Frankenthal (Palatinate))
Germany, 17 April 1997 – 8 O 1995/95, CISG-online 479
Vine wax case
Oberlandesgericht Zweibrücken (Court of Appeal Zweibrücken)
Germany, 31 March 1998 – 8 U 46/97, CISG-online 481
Present decision reversing and remanding
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
43: Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes of animal or vegetable origin; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
6,500 kilograms of black vine wax
Price
35'295.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 77; Art. 79(1); Art. 79(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7; Art. 35(2)(a)
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Milk powder case
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Decision published in 8
141 Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen (BGHZ) 129–137 [Full text – in German]
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (1999), 2440–2442 [Full text – in German]
Der Betrieb (DB) (1999), 1442–1444 [Full text – in German]
Wertpapiermitteilungen Teil IV – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WM) (1999), 1466–1469 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1999), 617–619 [Full text – in German]
JuristenZeitung (JZ) (1999), 791–794 [Full text – in German]
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (1999), 1009–1011 [Full text – in German]
Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (1999), 35–37 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
271
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
990324g1
Comments on this decision 6
Joseph Lookofsky, 'The CISG in Denmark and Danish Courts', 80 Nordic Journal of International Law (2011), 295–320, at 309–310 [– in English]  
Ulrich Magnus, 'Anmerkung zu BGH, 24.3.1999 – VIII ZR 121/98', Entscheidungssammlung zum Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WuB) IV F Art. 79 CISG 1.99 [– in German]
Brandon Nagy, 'Unreliable Excuses: How Do Differing Persuasive Interpretations of CISG Article 79 Affect Its Goal of Harmony?', 26(2) New York International Law Review (N.Y. Int'l L. Rev.) (2013), 61–92, at 73–75 [– in English]  
Peter Schlechtriem, 'Anmerkung zu BGH, 24.3.1999 – VIII ZR 121/98', JuristenZeitung (JZ) (1999), 794–797 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 795 [– in German]
Hans Stoll, 'Anmerkung zu BGH, 24.3.1999 – VIII ZR 121/98', Lindenmaier-Möhring – Kommentierte BGH-Rechtsprechung (LM) CISG Nr. 6 (9/1999) [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 271 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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