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CISG-online number
766
Case name
Laxander Produktplanung- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH v. Sardius Holding B.V.
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Landgericht Gießen (District Court Giessen)
Chamber
1. Kammer für Handelssachen (1st chamber for commercial matters)
Judge
Geilfus (Sole judge)
Date of decision
17 December 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
6 O 23/02
Claimant 1
Name
Laxander Produktplanung- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Sardius Holding B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Sardius Holding B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Laxander Produktplanung- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
89: Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
86,060 warning triangles (vehicle safety devices)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes, in determining the jurisdiction of the German courts
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 57(1)(a); Art. 81
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1; Art. 31(c); Art. 58
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Formation of party agreement on dispute resolution clause; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Jurisdiction of the courts at the place of performance of obligations arising from a CISG contract under the EU 'Brussels I' Regulation 44/2001
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Machinery case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 31 October 2001 – VIII ZR 60/01, CISG-online 617
Veneer cutting machine case
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Germany, 02 July 1993 – 17 U 73/93, CISG-online 74
This decision is cited by 1
KT MOTORSPORT spol. s r.o. v. Garage Vandecasteele NV
Nejvyšší soud České republiky (Supreme Court of the Czech Republic)
Czech Republic, 29 September 2022 – 23 Cdo 1062/2021, CISG-online 6766
Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2003), 176–177
CLOUT number
589
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
021217g1
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Full text of decision
Translation of decision
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Dominik Stehn & Camilla Baasch Andersen