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CISG-online number
617
Case name
Machinery case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
VIII. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)
Judges
Dr. Katharina Deppert (Presiding Judge), Dr. Dietrich Beyer (Judge), Dr. Dirck Leimert (Judge), Dr. Gerbert Hübsch (Judge), Dr. Peter Frellesen (Judge)
Date of decision
31 October 2001
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 60/01
Claimant 1
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller’s personally liable shareholder
Case History
Machinery case
Landgericht Düsseldorf (District Court Düsseldorf)
Germany, 22 February 2000 – 8 O 260/99, CISG-online 868
Machinery case
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Germany, 15 February 2001 – 6 U 86/00, CISG-online 658
reversing and remanding in part, affirming in part
Present decision reversing and remanding
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Spain
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Used CNC gear hobbing machine (model L 1202, of 1981)
Price
370'000.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8(2); Art. 8(3); Art. 14(1) (incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 1(3); Art. 2(a); Art. 4(a); Art. 7(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 18; Art. 35(1); Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 74
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Duty to inform the other party; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Parties‘ duty to cooperate
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Decision published in 11
149 Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen (BGHZ) 113–119 [Full text – in German]
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (2002), 370–372 [Full text – in German]
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) (2002), 133–136 [Full text – in German]
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (2002), 144–145 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2002), 144–146 [Full text – in German]
Wertpapiermitteilungen Teil IV – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WM) (2002), 442–444 [Full text – in German]
Der Betrieb (DB) (2002), 1366–1367 [Full text – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2002), 14–16 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2001), 70–72 [Full text – in German]
European Legal Forum (EuLF) (2002), 140–142 [Full text – in German]
Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis (AW-Prax) (2002), 109–110 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
445
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
011031g1
Comments on this decision 8
Martin Karollus, 'Anmerkung zu BGH 31.10.2001 – VIII ZR 60/01', Lindenmaier-Möhring – Kommentierte BGH-Rechtsprechung (LM) (2002), CISG Art. 14 Nr. 9, 549–550 [– in German]
Francis Limbach, 'Observations sous Bundesgerichtshof, 31 oct. 2001', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2003), Somm., 2362 [– in French]
Marius Mann, 'Die Einbeziehung von AGB in Verträgen zwischen Unternehmern', BetriebsBerater (BB) (2017), 2178–2184, at 2183 [– in German]
Sebastian Pötter & Oliver Hübner, 'Anmerkung zu BGH, 31.10.2001– VIII ZR 60/01', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (2002), 339–340 [– in German]
Martin Schmidt-Kessel, 'Einbeziehung von Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen unter UN-Kaufrecht', Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (2002), 3444–3446 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 309–311 [– in German]
Hans Christian Schwenker, 'Anmerkung zum Urteil des BGH vom 31.10.2001 - VIII ZR 60/01', Immobilien & Baurecht (IBR) (2002), 123 [– in German]
Michael P. Van Alstine, 'The Unified Field Solution to the Battle of the Forms Under the U.N. Sales Convention', 62 William & Mary Law Review (Wm. & Mary L. Rev.) (2020), 213–286, at 258 [– in English]  
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 445 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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