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CISG-online number
613
Case name
Spanish fruits and vegetables case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Horst Schlosser (Presiding Judge), Dr. Alfons Zechner (Judge), Dr. Josef Gerstenecker (Judge), Dr. Peter Schiemer (Judge), Dr. Ronald Rohrer (Judge)
Date of decision
22 October 2001
Case nr./docket nr.
1 Ob 49/01i
Claimant 1
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 2
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer's personally liable shareholder
Case History
Spanish fruits and vegetables case
Landesgericht Feldkirch (District Court Feldkirch)
Austria, 28 June 2000 – 7 Cg 284/97 b, CISG-online 3101
Spanish fruits and vegetables case
Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck (Court of Appeal Innsbruck)
Austria, 14 November 2000 – 1 R 225/00 a, CISG-online 3102
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Spain
Role in trade
Producer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
5: Vegetables and fruit
Goods as per contract
Fruits and vegetables
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Austrian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 4 (representation)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 7; Art. 8
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 14 ff.
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Galvanized wire case
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 24 October 1995 – 4 Ob 1652/95, CISG-online 166
Decision published in 1
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (2003), 22
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
011022a4
Comment on this decision 1
Thomas Petz, 'Anmerkung zu OGH, 22.10.2001 - 1 Ob 49/01i', Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (2003), 29–32 [– in German]
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
613_25344960.pdf