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CISG-online number
662
Case name
Tachon diffusion S.A. v. Marshoes S.L.
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
Chamber
Première chambre civile (First chamber for civil matters)
Judges
Jacques Lemontey (Presiding Judge), Sainte-Rose (Advocate General)
Date of decision
19 March 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
T 00-14.414
Claimant 1
Name
Tachon diffusion S.A.
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Marshoes S.L.
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Tachon diffusion S.A. v. Marshoes S.L.
Tribunal de Commerce de Louviers (Commercial Court Louviers)
France, 26 June 1997 – 97-0150, CISG-online 3374
Marshoes S.L. v. Tachon diffusion S.A.
Cour d'appel de Rouen (Court of Appeal Rouen)
France, 17 February 2000 – 1998/710, CISG-online 3373
reversing
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
Marshoes S.L.
Place of business
Spain
Buyer 1
Name
Tachon diffusion S.A.
Place of business
France
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Category of goods
85: Footwear
Goods as per contract
Shoes (model "Fouille")
Price
5'000'000.00 ESP (Spanish Pesetas)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 42(2)(a)
This decision is cited by 1
IP infringing shirts case
Cour d'appel de Colmar (Court of Appeal Colmar)
France, 13 November 2002 – 1 B 98/01776, CISG-online 792
Decision published in 1
Bulletin des arrêts des Chambres civiles de la Cour de cassation (Bull. civ.) (2002), I, No. 98, 75 [Full text – in French]
CLOUT number
479
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
020319f1
Comments on this decision 3
Bernard Bouloc, Revue trimestrielle de droit commercial et de droit économique (RTD com.) (2002), 717 [– in French]
Jacques Raynard, Juris-Classeur périodique (La Semaine Juridique), Édition Générale (JCP G) (2003), II, 10016 [– in French]
Claude Witz, 'Droit uniforme de la vente internationale de marchandises', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2003), Somm., 2361–2373, at 2366–2367 [– in French]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 479 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Catherine Piché, Claude Witz & Julia Eisengräber