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CISG-online number
576
Case name
Used component placement machine case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Niederreiter (Presiding Judge), Dr. Ernst Tittel (Judge), Hon. Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Danzl (Judge), Dr. Peter Schinko (Judge), Dr. Peter Baumann (Judge)
Date of decision
13 April 2000
Case nr./docket nr.
2 Ob 100/00w
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Used component placement machine case
Landesgericht Salzburg (District Court Salzburg)
Austria, 24 August 1999 – 9 Cg 134/98a-17, CISG-online 3408
Used component placement machine case
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 12 January 2000 – 1 R 211/99a-22, CISG-online 3421
reversing
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Austria
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Used component placement machine
Price
497'000.00 ATS (Austrian Schilling)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35(1); Art. 35(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Relevance of local standards (in buyer’s country or third country) for conformity of the goods
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
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Germany, 08 March 1995 – VIII ZR 159/94, CISG-online 144
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Frozen pork case I
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Frozen fish case I
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Decision published in 5
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (2000), 231
Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft (RdW) (2000), 535
Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (2001), 149–152
73 Sammlung Zivilsachen: Entscheidungen des Österreichischen Obersten Gerichtshofes in Zivilsachen (SZ) 70
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2001), 117
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2000:0020OB00100.00W.0413.000
CLOUT number
426
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
000413a3
Comments on this decision 5
Andrea L. Charters, 'Fitting the “Situation”: The CISG and the Regulated Market', 4 Washington University Global Studies Law Review (Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev.) (2005), 1–42, at 40 [– in English]  
Thomas Klindt, 'Öffentlich-rechtliches Warenvertriebsrecht im Binnenmarkt am Beispiel des Maschinenhandels – zugleich Besprechung zu österr. OGH, Beschluß vom 13.4.2000 – 2 Ob 100/00w', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2001), 103–106 [– in German]
Emmy Latifah, Anis H. Bajrektarevic & Dini Kartika Salsabila, 'Suspicion on the Non-conformity of the Goods as a Foundation of Breach of International Sales Contract', 10(2) Hasanuddin Law Review (2024), 171–188, at 178–179 [– in English]  
Willibald Posch & Thomas Petz, 'Austrian Cases on the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods', 6 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2002), 1–24, at 15–16 [– in English]
Peter Schlechtriem, 'Noch einmal: Vertragsgemäße Beschaffenheit der Ware bei divergierenden öffentlich-rechtlichen Qualitätsvorgaben (zu OGH, 13.4.2000 - 2 Ob 100/00w)', Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (2001), 161–163 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 426 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German