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CISG-online number
585
Case name
Window production plant case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht München (Court of Appeal Munich)
Chamber
23. Zivilsenat (23rd panel for civil matters)
Judges
Kreitmair (Presiding Judge), Kotschy (Judge), Vavra (Judge)
Date of decision
03 December 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
23 U 4446/99
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller's successor
Case History
Window production plant case
Landgericht Passau (District Court Passau)
Germany, 01 July 1999 – 1 HKO 1200/98, CISG-online 3630
Present decision reversing and remanding
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Window production plant (model „System 5 S“)
Price
1'245'000.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 3(1); Art. 3(2); Art. 31
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 14; Art. 15(1), Art. 18; Art. 23
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Custom Made Commercial Ltd. v. Stawa Metallbau GmbH
European Court of Justice
European Union, 29 June 1994 – C-288/92, CISG-online 272
This decision is cited by 1
Storage facility furnishing case
Oberlandesgericht Köln (Court of Appeal Cologne)
Germany, 21 December 2005 – 16 U 47/05, CISG-online 1201
Decision published in 4
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2000), 712–714 [Full text – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2001), 25–26 [Full text – in German]
OLG-Report (OLGR) München (2000), 299–300 [Full text – in German]
5 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2001), 130–136 [Full text (translation) – in English]
CLOUT number
430
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
991203g1
Comments on this decision 3
Ernst Karner & Helmut Koziol, Zur Anwendbarkeit des UN-Kaufrechts bei Werk- und Dienstleistungen: Am Beispiel der Maschinen- und Industrieanlagenlieferungsverträge, Vienna: Jan Sramek Verlag (2015), at 6 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, 'Vienna Sales Convention: Applicability to “Mixed Contracts” and Interaction with the 1968 Brussels Convention', 5 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2001), 74–86 [– in English]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 100 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 430 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Ulrich G. Schroeter