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CISG-online number
681
Case name
Motorcycle clothing case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Köln (Court of Appeal Cologne)
Chamber
16. Zivilsenat (16th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
28 May 2001
Case nr./docket nr.
16 U 1/01
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Successor to seller's business
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Motorcycle clothing case
Landgericht Aachen (District Court Aachen)
Germany, 22 August 2000 – 41 O 208/99, CISG-online 3218
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Distributor
Category of goods
84: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Goods as per contract
Motorcycle clothing
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a) or (b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 1(1) (distinction between sales contract and commission contract)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 6; Art. 53; Art. 78
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 4 (set-off not governed by CISG)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Benetton II case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 23 July 1997 – VIII ZR 134/96, CISG-online 276
Industrial ink-jet printers case I
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Germany, 17 September 1993 – 2 U 1230/91, CISG-online 91
This decision is cited by 1
Industrial ink-jet printers case II
Oberlandesgericht Köln (Court of Appeal Cologne)
Germany, 15 September 2004 – 16 W 27/04, CISG-online 1057
Decision published in 3
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2002), 21–24 [Full text – in German]
OLG-Report (OLGR) Köln (2002), 21–22 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2001), No. 73, 73 [Full text – in German]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
010528g1
Full text and translation of decision 2
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Translation of decision
translated by
Jan Henning Berg