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CISG-online number
627
Case name
Gutta-Werke AG v. Dörken-Gutta Pol. sp. z o.o.
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
1. Zivilabteilung (1st department for civil matters)
Judges
Hans Peter Walter (Presiding Judge), Bernard Corboz (Judge), Franz Nyffeler (Judge), Kathrin Klett (Judge), Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch (Judge), Huguenin (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
11 July 2000
Case nr./docket nr.
4C.100/2000
Claimant 1
Name
Gutta-Werke AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 2
Name
Dörken-Gutta Pol. sp. z o.o.
Place of business
Poland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Ewald Dörken AG
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer‘s parent company
Case History
Gutta-Werke AG v. Dörken-Gutta Pol. sp. z o.o.
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Switzerland, 22 February 2000, CISG-online 3025
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
Gutta-Werke AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Name
Dörken-Gutta Pol. sp. z o.o.
Place of business
Poland
Category of goods
66: Non-metallic mineral manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Construction materials
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 7(2); Art. 57(1)(b)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 57(1)(a)
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Editorial remark
by Ulrich G. Schroeter
The present decision deals only with the jurisdiction of the Swiss courts under the Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters of 16 September 1988. It does not deal with the merits of the dispute.
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
000711s1
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Ruth M. Janal