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CISG-online number
413
Case name
Frozen meat case for Egypt case I
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. Zivilabteilung (1st department for civil matters)
Date of decision
28 October 1998
Case nr./docket nr.
4C.179/1998
Claimants 3
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller’s assignee
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Frozen meat case for Egypt case I
Kantonsgericht Zug (Court of First Instance Canton Zug)
Switzerland, 30 November 1995 – A3 1993 43, CISG-online 856
Frozen meat case for Egypt case I
Obergericht des Kantons Zug (Court of Appeal Canton Zug)
Switzerland, 24 March 1998 – OG 1996/2, CISG-online 897
reversing in part
Present decision reversing in part
Sellers 2
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Producer
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
1: Meat and meat preparations
Goods as per contract
504 tons of frozen meat
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 25; Art. 74
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 39(1); Art. 45; Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 78
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Decision published in 2
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (1999), 179–182
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CLOUT number
248
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
981028s1
Comment on this decision 1
Christoph Brunner & David Möckli, 'Das Vertragsaufhebungsrecht des Käufers aufgrund wesentlicher Vertragsverletzung des Verkäufers bei Beschaffenheitsmängeln: Ein Lösungsvorschlag für eine sachgerechte Berücksichtigung des Kriteriums der zumutbaren Verwendbarkeit oder Absetzbarkeit der mangelhaften Ware durch den Käufer', in: Susan Emmenegger, Stephanie Hrubesch-Millauer, Frédéric Krauskopf & Stephan Wolf (eds.), Brücken bauen: Festschrift für Thomas Koller, Berne: Stämpfli (2018), 75–108, at 89–90 [– in German]  
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 248 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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Kristin Stadtländer & Jan Henning Berg