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CISG-online number
709
Case name
Designer clothes case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Köln (Court of Appeal Cologne)
Date of decision
14 October 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
16 U 77/01
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Designer clothes case
Landgericht Köln (District Court Cologne)
Germany, 13 September 2001 – 2 O 135/01, CISG-online 3424
Present decision reversing in part
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
84: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Goods as per contract
Designer clothes
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 25; Art. 49(1)(a)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 35; Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 50; Art. 53; Art. 64(1)(a); Art. 78; Art. 81(1); Art. 81(2)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 5
Jewelry case I
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 28 April 2000 – 1 Ob 292/99v, CISG-online 581
Frozen meat case for Egypt case I
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 28 October 1998 – 4C.179/1998, CISG-online 413
Acrylic blankets case
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Germany, 31 January 1997 – 2 U 31/96, CISG-online 256
Cobalt sulphate case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 03 April 1996 – VIII ZR 51/95, CISG-online 135
Flowers case
Oberlandesgericht Rostock (Court of Appeal Rostock)
Germany, 27 July 1995 – 1 U 247/94, CISG-online 209
This decision is cited by 2
Mitias d.o.o. v. Solidea S.r.l.
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Italy, 09 December 2008 – 2280/2007, CISG-online 1729
Café inventory case
Oberlandesgericht Hamburg (Court of Appeal Hamburg)
Germany, 25 January 2008 – 12 U 39/00, CISG-online 1681
Decision published in 4
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2003), 15–17
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2003), 300–301
OLG-Report (OLGR) Köln (2003), 93–94
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2002), 88–89
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
021014g1
Full text and translation of decision 2
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Translation of decision
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Tobias Koppitz & Chantal Niggemann