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CISG-online number
700
Case name
Vegetables auction case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
VIII. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)
Judges
Dr. Katharina Deppert (Presiding Judge), Dr. Dieter Wolst (Judge), Dr. Dietrich Beyer (Judge), Dr. Gerbert Hübsch (Judge), Ulrich Wiechers (Judge)
Date of decision
02 October 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 163/01
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Vegetables auction case
Landgericht Kleve (District Court Kleve)
Germany, 01 September 2000 – 7 O 64/97, CISG-online 6959
Vegetables auction case
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Germany, 13 June 2001 – 15 U 232/00, CISG-online 7113
reversing and remanding
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
5: Vegetables and fruit
Goods as per contract
Vegetables
CISG applicable
no, Art. 2(b)
CISG applied
no
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 2(b)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 57
Decision published in 10
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift – Rechtsprechungs-Report (NJW-RR) (2003), 192–194 [Full text – in German]
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) (2003), 213–216 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2003), 220–223 [Full text – in German]
Der Betrieb (DB) (2003), 272–273 [Full text – in German]
Wertpapiermitteilungen Teil IV – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WM) (2003), 1530–1533 [Full text – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2003), 28–30 [Full text – in German]
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (2003), 402–403 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2022), No. 149, 386–390 [Full text – in German]
European Legal Forum (EuLF) (2004), 130–132 [Full text – in German]
Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (2005), 444–446 [Full text – in German]
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Original language: German