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CISG-online number
512
Case name
Ford Escort Cabrio case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Naumburg (Oberlandesgericht des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt) (Court of Appeal Naumburg)
Chamber
9. Zivilsenat (9th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
27 April 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
9 U 146/98
Claimant 1
Place of business
Denmark
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Ford Escort Cabrio case
Landgericht Halle (District Court Halle)
Germany, 27 March 1998 – 14 O 458/97, CISG-online 521
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Denmark
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
78: Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
Goods as per contract
Car (Ford Escort Cabrio, 1.6 CLX, colour: yellow)
Price
106'800.00 DKK (Danish Krone)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 33(c); Art. 47(1); Art. 49(1)(b)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 14(1); Art. 18(1); Art. 19(1); Art. 19(2); Art. 27; Art. 33(a); Art. 74
This decision is cited by 1
Carel Electronic Suzhou Co. Ltd. v. SY.DE.CO. S.r.l.
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Italy, 12 November 2012 – 616/2011, CISG-online 2594
Decision published in 1
Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (2000), 22–23 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
362
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
990427g1
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Full text of decision
Translation of decision
translated by
Jarno Vanto & Ruth M. Janal