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CISG-online number
614
Case name
Gasoline and gas oil 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 77/01g
Claimant 1
Place of business
Hungary
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Gasoline and gas oil case
Handelsgericht Wien (Commercial Court Vienna)
Austria, 21 June 2000 – 15 Cg 140/96x-53, CISG-online 3066
Gasoline and gas oil case
Oberlandesgericht Wien (Court of Appeal Vienna)
Austria, 23 November 2000, CISG-online 3083
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Hungary
Buyer 1
Place of business
Austria
Category of goods
33: Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
Goods as per contract
Gasoline and gas oil
Price
4'948'668.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Austrian law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4 (set-off not governed by the CISG); Art. 6; Art. 57(1)(a); Art. 96
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 10; Art. 29(1); Art. 57(1)(b)
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Croatian goods case
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Austria, 10 March 1998 – 7 Ob 336/97f, CISG-online 356
Umbrellas case
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Austria, 12 February 1998 – 2 Ob 328/97t, CISG-online 349
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Decision published in 6
Juristische Blätter (JBl) (2002), 327 [ – in German]
Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft (RdW) (2002), 277 [ – in German]
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (2002), 32 [ – in German]
ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (2002), 247 [ – in German]
BankArchiv (ÖBA) (2002), 651 [ – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2002), 24–28 [Full text – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2001:0010OB00077.01G.1022.000
CLOUT number
605
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
011022a3
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 605 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Ruth M. Janal & Jan Henning Berg