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CISG-online number
643
Case name
Cooling machine case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Ekkehard Schalich (Presiding Judge), Dr. Brigitte Schenk (Judge), Dr. Christa Kalivoda (Judge), Hon. Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Danzl (Judge), Dr. Reinhold Schaumüller (Judge)
Date of decision
14 January 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
7 Ob 301/01t
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Cooling machine case
Landesgericht Linz (District Court Linz)
Austria, 27 September 2000 – 2 Cg 181/97h-59, CISG-online 3216
Cooling machine case
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 18 July 2001 – 11 R 167/01k-67, CISG-online 3217
affirming in part, reversing in part
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Cooling machine
Price
21'144.60 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 39(1); Art. 74
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 38(1); Art. 84(2)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(2); Art. 8(3)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1; Art. 3; Art. 6; Art. 12; Art. 14; Art. 45; Art. 48; Art. 49; Art. 79
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Limitation (prescription) period for claim arising under CISG contract; Set-off
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Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2002), 76–81 [Full text – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2002:0070OB00301.01T.0114.000
CLOUT number
541
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
020114a3
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Full text of decision
Translation of decision
translated by
Todd J. Fox & Jan Henning Berg