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CISG-online number
659
Case name
Pizza boxes case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Amtsgericht Duisburg (Local Court Duisburg)
Date of decision
13 April 2000
Case nr./docket nr.
49 C 502/00
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
64: Paper, paperboard and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
Goods as per contract
Pizza boxes
Price
2'336'250.00 LIT (Italian Lira)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Italian law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4; Art. 7(2); Art. 9(1); Art. 31; Art. 67(1); Art. 74; Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 10; Art. 14; Art. 35; Art. 36; Art. 45; Art. 58; Art. 66; Art. 69; Art. 95
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Textiles case
Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (Court of Appeal Frankfurt am Main)
Germany, 13 June 1991 – 5 U 261/90, CISG-online 23
Italian shoes case III
Landgericht Stuttgart (District Court Stuttgart)
Germany, 31 August 1989 – 3 KfH O 97/89, CISG-online 11
This decision is cited by 1
Hungarian injection moulding tools case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 24 September 2014 – VIII ZR 394/12, CISG-online 2545
Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2001), 114–117 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2000), No. 23, 53–55 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
360
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
000413g1
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Full text of decision
Translation of decision
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Ruth M. Janal & Camilla Baasch Andersen