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CISG-online number
570
Case name
Glass fibre case I
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Chamber
2. Zivilsenat (2nd panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
18 November 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
2 U 1556/98
Claimant 1
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Glass fibre case I
Landgericht Koblenz (District Court Koblenz)
Germany, 30 July 1998 – 3 O 212/97, CISG-online 3674
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
France
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
66: Non-metallic mineral manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Glass fibre fabrics for filters
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
French law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 38; Art. 39(1); Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 35; Art. 45
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Dryblend for the production of PVC tubes case
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Germany, 11 September 1998 – 2 U 580/96, CISG-online 505
Acrylic blankets case
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Germany, 31 January 1997 – 2 U 31/96, CISG-online 256
This decision is cited by 1
Scatolificio La Perla S.n.c. v. Martin Frischdienst GmbH
Tribunale di Padova (District Court Padova)
Italy, 31 March 2004 – 40466, CISG-online 823
Decision published in 2
OLG-Report (OLGR) Koblenz (2000), 281
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2001), 109–111
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:OLGKOBL:1999:1118.2U1556.98.0A
CLOUT number
359
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
991118g1
Comment on this decision 1
Christian Thiele, 'Anmerkung zu OLG Koblenz, Urteil vom 18. November 1999 - 2 U 1556/98', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2001), 111–112 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2