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CISG-online number
600
Case name
Anton Huber GmbH & Co. KG v. Polyspace SA
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
Chamber
Première chambre civile (First chamber for civil matters)
Judges
Jacques Lemontey (Presiding Judge), Durieux (Reporting judge), Bénas (Judge), Sempère (Judge), Guérin (Judge), Ancel (Judge), Jean-Pierre Gridel (Judge), Olivier Renard-Payen (Judge), Petit (Advocate General), Aydalot (Griffier)
Date of decision
26 June 2001
Case nr./docket nr.
99-14.844 / 1093 FS-P
Claimant 1
Name
Anton Huber GmbH & Co. KG
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Polyspace SA
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Anton Huber GmbH & Co. KG v. Polyspace SA
Tribunal de Commerce de Nantes (Commercial Court Nantes)
France, 19 December 1996, CISG-online 3287
Anton Huber GmbH & Co. KG v. Polyspace SA
Cour d'appel de Rennes (Court of Appeal Rennes)
France, 18 December 1998 – 9700684, CISG-online 3288
affirming in part, reversing in part
Present decision reversing and remanding
Seller 1
Name
Anton Huber GmbH & Co. KG
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Name
Polyspace SA
Place of business
France
Category of goods
78: Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
Goods as per contract
Thermal sheathing installation for parts intended for automobile interiors
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 31
This decision is cited by 2
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Tribunale di Padova (District Court Padova)
Italy, 11 January 2005, CISG-online 967
SO.M.AGRI s.a.s. v. Erzeugerorganisation Marchfeldgemüse GmbH & Co. KG
Tribunale di Padova (District Court Padova)
Italy, 25 February 2004 – 40552, CISG-online 819
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
010626f1
Comment on this decision 1
Claude Witz, 'Vente internationale: l’office du juge et pouvoir des plaideurs d'écarter le droit uniforme et jeu combiné de la Convention de Bruxelles et de la Convention de Vienne - note sous Cour de cassation, 26 juin 2001 (2 arrêts)', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2001), 3607–3614 [– in French]
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Original language: French