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CISG-online number
786
Case name
Organic barley case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht München (Court of Appeal Munich)
Chamber
27. Zivilsenat (27th panel for civil matters)
Judges
Prof. Dr. Motzke (Presiding Judge), von Hofer (Judge), Dr. Ermer (Judge)
Date of decision
13 November 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
27 U 346/02
Claimant 1
Place of business
Belgium
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Organic barley case
Landgericht Augsburg (District Court Augsburg)
Germany, 15 April 2002 – 3 O 3379/01, CISG-online 3211
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Place of business
Belgium
Category of goods
4: Cereals and cereal preparations
Goods as per contract
Organic barley
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35(1); Art. 39(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 30; Art. 34; Art. 44
This decision is cited by 1
"Bio Suisse" certified organic juices and oils case
Handelsgericht des Kantons St. Gallen (Commercial Court Canton St. Gallen)
Switzerland, 14 June 2012 – HG.2010.421-HGK, CISG-online 2468
Decision published in 2
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift – Rechtsprechungs-Report (NJW-RR) (2003), 849–850 [Full text – in German]
Juristische Schulung (JuS) (2003), 1134 [Leitsatz (headnote) – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:OLGMUEN:2002:1113.27U346.02.0A
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
021113g1
Comments on this decision 3
Gerhard Hohloch, 'OLG München: „Bio”-Konformität unter UN-Kaufrecht - Ökologischer Landbau', Juristische Schulung (JuS) (2003), 1134–1135 [– in German]
Emmy Latifah, Anis H. Bajrektarevic & Dini Kartika Salsabila, 'Suspicion on the Non-conformity of the Goods as a Foundation of Breach of International Sales Contract', 10(2) Hasanuddin Law Review (2024), 171–188, at 175–176 [– in English]  
Marco Torsello, 'An International Sales Law for Agri-food Products: An Overview of Controversial Issues and the Feasibility of a Sector-specific Global Law', in: Eppur si muove: The Age of Uniform Law – Essays in honour of Michael Joachim Bonell to celebrate his 70th birthday, Rome: UNIDROIT (2016), 1829–1854, at 1834 [– in English]
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Original language: German