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CISG-online number
770
Case name
FCF S.A. v. Adriafil Commerciale S.r.l. (Egyptian cotton case II)
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Judges
Hans Peter Walter (Presiding Judge), Bernard Corboz (Judge), Jean-Pierre Pagan (Judge), Ramelet (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
15 September 2000
Case nr./docket nr.
4C.105/2000
Claimant 1
Name
Adriafil Commerciale S.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
FCF S.A.
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Adriafil Commerciale S.r.l. v. FCF S.A. (Egyptian cotton case II)
Tribunal de Première Instance de Genève (Court of First Instance Geneva)
Switzerland, 20 May 1999, CISG-online 3119
FCF S.A. v. Adriafil Commerciale S.r.l. (Egyptian cotton case II)
Cour de Justice de Genève (Court of Appeal Canton Geneva)
Switzerland, 18 February 2000, CISG-online 3124
Present decision
Related Case
FCF S.A. v. Adriafil Commerciale S.r.l. (Egyptian cotton case I)
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 15 September 2000 – 4P.75/2000, CISG-online 769
Seller 1
Name
FCF S.A.
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Name
Adriafil Commerciale S.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Category of goods
26: Textile fibres (other than wool tops and other combed wool) and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric)
Goods as per contract
40,000 kilograms of Egyptian cotton (“coton GIZA 75 sur cônes avec Q.D.R. 5,57 non paraffiné, écru”)
Price
225'450'000.00 LIT (Italian Lira)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 25
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4; Art. 8; Art. 11; Art. 26; Art. 33; Art. 47; Art. 49; Art. 74; Art. 75; Art. 77
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 76; Art. 79
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Decision published in 1
Semaine Judiciare (Sem. Jud. or SJ) (2001), I, 304 [Full text – in French]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
000915s2
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: French