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CISG-online number
672
Case name
Seafood and meat case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Rostock (Court of Appeal Rostock)
Chamber
6. Zivilsenat (6th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
25 September 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
6 U 126/00
Claimant 1
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Seafood and meat case
Landgericht Rostock (District Court Rostock)
Germany, 17 April 2000 – 10 O 421/99, CISG-online 2943
Seafood and meat case
Oberlandesgericht Rostock (Court of Appeal Rostock)
Germany, 10 October 2001 – 6 U 126/00, CISG-online 671
affirming in part, reversing in part
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Seller 1
Place of business
France
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
9: Miscellaneous edible products and preparations
Goods as per contract
Seafood and meat
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 78
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 39(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 40; Art. 52(2)
This decision is cited by 1
Officine Maraldi S.p.A. v. Intessa BCI S.p.A. et al.
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Italy, 16 February 2009, CISG-online 1780
Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2003), 19–20 [Full text – in German]
Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis (AW-Prax) (2003), 274–275 [Abstract – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:OLGROST:2002:0925.6U126.00.0A
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
020925g1
Comment on this decision 1
Ingo Saenger, 'Anmerkung zu den Urteilen des OLG Rostock vom 10.10.2001 und vom 25.9.2002 - 6 U 126/00 (zur stillschweigenden Vereinbarung des Listenpreises sowie zur Rügepflicht bei offener Zuviellieferung unter Geltung des CISG)', Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis (AW-Prax) (2003), 274–275 [– in German]
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Ruth M. Janal & Veit Konrad