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CISG-online number
704
Case name
Christmas trees case I
Jurisdiction
Denmark
Court
Vestre Landsret (Court of Appeal for the Western Circuit)
Judges
Chr. Bache (Judge), Jens Peter Christensen (Judge), Stig Glent-Madsen (Judge)
Date of decision
10 November 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
B-29-1998
Claimant 1
Place of business
Denmark
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Christmas trees case I
Randers Byret (District Court Randers)
Denmark, 04 November 1998 – BS 9700016-4, CISG-online 1548
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Denmark
Role in trade
Producer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
France
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
29: Crude animal and vegetable materials, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
1,245 Christmas trees (Nordmann firs)
Price
124'500.00 DKK (Danish Krone)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 39(1); Art. 49(2)(b)
This decision is cited by 1
Used repainted car case
Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart (Court of Appeal Stuttgart)
Germany, 31 March 2008 – 6 U 220/07, CISG-online 1658
Decision published in 1
Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (ZEuP) (2002), 580
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
991110d1
Comments on this decision 3
Morten M. Fogt, 'Appréciation des délais de dénonciation des défauts et de déclaration de résolution d'un contrat de vente d'arbres de Noël', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2000), Somm., 438–440 [– in French]
Morten Midtgaard Fogt, 'Rettidig reklamation og ophævelse af købeaftale efter CISG: VLD 10.11.1999, 9. afdeling, B 2919-98 utrykt', Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen (UfR) (2002), 129–135 [– in Danish]
Morten Midtgaard Fogt, 'Rechtzeitige Rüge und Vertragsaufhebung bei Waren mit raschem Wertverlust nach UN-Kaufrecht: Entscheidung des dänischen Vestre Landsret vom 10. November 1999', Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (ZEuP) (2002), 580–596 [– in German]
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Original language: Danish