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CISG-online number
487
Case name
Karl Schreiber GmbH v. Thermo Dynamique Service SA et al.
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
Chamber
1re chambre civile (1st chamber for civil matters)
Judges
Jacques Lemontey (Presiding Judge), Durieux (Reporting judge), Olivier Renard-Payen (Judge), Gaunet (Advocate General), Aydalot (Griffier)
Date of decision
26 May 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
97-14315
Claimant 1
Name
Thermo Dynamic Service SA
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 3
Name
Karl Schreiber GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Damstahl France
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller's intermediary
Name
Lyonnaise de Banque SA
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Guarantor
Case History
Thermo Dynamic Service SA v. Karl Schreiber GmbH et al.
Tribunal de Commerce de Toulon (Commercial Court Toulon)
France, 27 July 1994, CISG-online 3292
Thermo Dynamic Service SA v. Karl Schreiber GmbH et al.
Cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence (Court of Appeal Aix-en-Provence)
France, 21 November 1996 – 94/18531, CISG-online 1505
affirming in part, reversing in part
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
Karl Schreiber GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Producer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Thermo Dynamic Service SA
Place of business
France
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
67: Iron and steel
Goods as per contract
196 rolled steel sheets of the type CUAL 9 N13 Fe2
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 38; Art. 39(1)
CLOUT number
315
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
990526f1
Comments on this decision 2
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 95–96 [– in German]  
Claude Witz, 'Un arrêt regrettable: le délai de dénonciation des défauts prévu par la Convention de Vienne laissé à l'appréciation souveraine des juges du fond - note sous Cass. 1ère, 26 mai 1999', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2000), Somm., 788–790 [– in French]
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Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 315 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French