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CISG-online number
488
Case name
Art books case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Date of decision
10 February 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
HG 970238.1
Claimant 1
Respondent 1
Seller 1
Buyer 1
Category of goods
89: Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Art books („Christian Vogt: In Camera“, „Donigan Cumming“, „Steven Arnold“, „100 Jahre – 100 Bilder“, „vivir la muerte”)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Italian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
At. 31(a); Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 78; Art. 79(2)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 31; Art. 50
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 38; Art. 49(1)(b); Art. 74–77; Art. 79; Art. 80
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Assumption of debt; Burden of proof; Deferral of payment agreement; Set-off; Settlement agreement about obligations arising from CISG contract(s)
This decision is cited by 1
Decision published in 2
CLOUT number
331
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
990210s1
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
