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CISG-online number
710
Case name
Live sheep case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Schleswig (Court of Appeal Schleswig)
Chamber
11. Zivilsenat (11th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
22 August 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
11 U 40/01
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Denmark
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Live sheep case
Landgericht Flensburg (District Court Flensburg)
Germany, 19 January 2001 – 4 O 369/99, CISG-online 619
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Place of business
Denmark
Category of goods
0: Live animals other than animals in division 03
Goods as per contract
400 live sheep
Price
30'000.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 38; Art. 39
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1); Art. 35(1); Art. 40; Art. 50; Art. 53; Art. 67(1); Art. 74; Art. 78
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Foil case I
Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe (Court of Appeal Karlsruhe)
Germany, 25 June 1997 – 1 U 280/96, CISG-online 263
Turkish cucumbers case
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Germany, 08 January 1993 – 17 U 82/92, CISG-online 76
This decision is cited by 1
Pamesa Ceramica v. Yisrael Mendelsohn Ltd.
Supreme Court of Israel
Israel, 17 March 2009 – CA 7833/06, CA 8125/06, CA 8495/06, CISG-online 1980
Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2003), 20–22 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2002), Nr. 33, 87 [Full text – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:OLGSH:2002:0822.11U40.01.0A
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
020822g2
Comment on this decision 1
Andrea L. Charters, 'Fitting the “Situation”: The CISG and the Regulated Market', 4 Washington University Global Studies Law Review (Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev.) (2005), 1–42, at 26 [– in English]  
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