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CISG-online number
524
Case name
Mountain bike frames case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Niederreiter (Presiding Judge), Dr. Graf (Judge), Dr. Ernst Tittel (Judge), Dr. Peter Schinko (Judge), Dr. Peter Baumann (Judge)
Date of decision
11 March 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
2 Ob 163/97b
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Mountain bike frames case
Landesgericht Innsbruck (District Court Innsbruck)
Austria, 12 July 1996 – 11 Cg 1/95k-62, CISG-online 3281
Mountain bike frames case
Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck (Court of Appeal Innsbruck)
Austria, 15 November 1996 – 4 R 244/96f-68, CISG-online 3282
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Austria
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
69: Manufactures of metals, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Mountain bike frames
Price
68'540.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 14; Art. 18; Art. 25; Art. 26; Art. 35; Art. 38; Art. 39; Art. 49
CLOUT number
306
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
990311a3
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 306 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Julian Waiblinger & Daniel Nagel