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CISG-online number
677
Case name
Traction Levage SA v. Drako Drahtseilerei Gustav Kocks GmbH
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour d'appel de Paris (Court of Appeal Paris)
Chamber
19ème chambre, section A (19th chamber, section A)
Judges
Dominique Garban (Presiding Judge), Michèle Appietto (Judge), Xavier Raguin (Judge), Marie-Hélène Roullet (Griffier)
Date of decision
06 November 2001
Case nr./docket nr.
2000/04607
Claimant 1
Name
Traction Levage SA
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Drako Drahtseilerei Gustav Kocks GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Traction Levage SA v. Drako Drahtseilerei Gustav Kocks GmbH
Tribunal de Commerce de Paris (Commercial Court Paris)
France, 30 September 1999 – 96074776, 97005653, CISG-online 4565
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Seller 1
Name
Drako Drahtseilerei Gustav Kocks GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Traction Levage SA
Place of business
France
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
69: Manufactures of metals, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Lift cables for use in the lifts (elevators) of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 6; Art. 39(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7(2); Art. 12
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Limitation (prescription) period for claim arising under CISG contract
This decision is cited by 1
Ostroznik Savo et al. v. La Faraona soc. coop. a.r.l. et al.
Tribunale di Padova (District Court Padova)
Italy, 11 January 2005, CISG-online 967
CLOUT number
482
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
011106f1
Comments on this decision 3
Philippe Delebecque, 'Convention de Vienne du 11 avril 1980. Parties ayant leur établissement dans des Etats contractants. Application d'office. Dérogation. Preuve non rapportée. Prescription. Application de la loi du contrat', Revue trimestrielle de droit commercial et de droit économique (RTD com.) (2002), 210 [– in French]
Sonja A. Kruisinga, (Non-)conformity in the 1980 UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: A Uniform Concept?, Cambridge: Intersentia (2004), at 101 [– in English]
Claude Witz, 'Trois questions récurrentes de la vente internationale de marchandises au sein du même arrêt. Note: Cour d'appel de Paris (19e ch. A), 6 nov. 2001', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2002), 2795–2799 [– in French]
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Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 482 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French