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CISG-online number
475
Case name
Grinding set for hygienic tissues producing machine case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
VIII. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
03 November 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 287/98
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer's assignee
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Grinding set for hygienic tissues producing machine case
Landgericht Bayreuth (District Court Bayreuth)
Germany, 11 December 1997 – 3 O 842/96, CISG-online 476
Grinding set for hygienic tissues producing machine case
Oberlandesgericht Bamberg (Court of Appeal Bamberg)
Germany, 19 August 1998 – 8 U 4/98, CISG-online 482
affirming
Present decision reversing and remanding
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Grinding set (type E 6533 R/L) for use in hygienic tissues producing machine
Price
3'065.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 39(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 38(1)
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Decision published in 7
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift – Rechtsprechungs-Report (NJW-RR) (2000), 1361–1362 [Full text – in German]
Wertpapiermitteilungen Teil IV – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WM) (2000), 481–483 [Full text – in German]
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) (2000), 234–236 [Full text – in German]
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (2000), 258 [ – in German]
Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (2000), 125 [Abstract – in German]
Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (2000), 1–3 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2000), 381–382 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
319
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
991103g1
Comment on this decision 1
Martin Taschner, 'Zur Rechtzeitigkeit der Rüge der Vertragswidrigkeit gem. UNWaVtrÜbk Art. 39 Abs. 1', Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (2000), 3–4 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 319 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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Birgit Kurtz, William Barron & Peter Konwitschka