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CISG-online number
399
Case name
Italian shoes case XV
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Landgericht Berlin (District Court Berlin)
Chamber
52. Zivilkammer
Date of decision
15 September 1994
Case nr./docket nr.
52 S 247/94
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Italian shoes case XV
Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Local Court Charlottenburg)
Germany, 04 May 1994 – 7b C 34/94, CISG-online 386
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
85: Footwear
Goods as per contract
143 pairs of shoes
Price
8'411'000.00 LIT (Italian Lira)
CISG applicable
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 25; Art. 26; Art. 35(2); Art. 47(1); Art. 71(1)(b); Art. 71(3); Art. 77; Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 51
Decision published in 1
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1998), No. 183, 1082–1083 [Abstract – in Italian]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
940915g1
Comment on this decision 1
Andrea L. Charters, 'Fitting the “Situation”: The CISG and the Regulated Market', 4 Washington University Global Studies Law Review (Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev.) (2005), 1–42, at 35 [– in English]  
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Jan Henning Berg & Ruth M. Janal