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CISG-online number
503
Case name
Internationale Jute Maatschappij BV v. Marin Palomares S.L.
Jurisdiction
Spain
Court
Tribunal Supremo (Spanish Supreme Court)
Judges
Antonio Gullón Ballesteros (Judge), Ignacio Sierra Gil de la Cuesta (Judge), Pedro González Poveda (Judge)
Date of decision
28 January 2000
Case nr./docket nr.
454/2000
Claimant 1
Name
Internationale Jute Maatschappij BV
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Marin Palomares S.L.
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Internationale Jute Maatschappij BV v. Marin Palomares S.L.
Juzgado de Primera Instancia No. 1 de Linares (Court of First Instance No. 1 of Linares)
Spain, 02 November 1994 – 82/1994, CISG-online 3448
dismissing claim
Internationale Jute Maatschappij BV v. Marin Palomares S.L.
Audiencia Provincial de Jaén (Court of Appeal Jaén)
Spain, 31 March 1995, CISG-online 3697
affirming
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
Internationale Jute Maatschappij BV
Place of business
Netherlands
Buyer 1
Name
Marin Palomares S.L.
Place of business
Spain
Category of goods
26: Textile fibres (other than wool tops and other combed wool) and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric)
Goods as per contract
800,000 sacks of jute
Price
447'200.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 75; Art. 77
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 19(1)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 18(1); Art. 29(1)
Decision published in 1
Aranzadi Repertorio de Jurisprudencia (2000), 454
CLOUT number
395
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
000128s4
Comments on this decision 2
Enrique Fernández Masiá, Cuadernos Civitas de Jurisprudencia Civil (abril-septiembre 2000), No. 1447, 673–689 [– in Spanish]
Francisco Oliva Blázquez, 'Aceptación, contraoferta y modificación del contrato de compraventa internacional a la luz del artículo 8 del Convenio de Viena: La indemnización de daños y perjuicios y el "deber de mitigar" "ex" artículo 77 CISG', Revista de Derecho Patrimonial (2000), No. 5, 203–219 [– in Spanish]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 395 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: Spanish
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Alejandro Osuna