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CISG-online number
794
Case name
Frozen fish case I
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Peter Schinko (Presiding Judge), Dr. Ernst Tittel (Judge), Hon. Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Danzl (Judge), Dr. Peter Baumann (Judge), Dr. Reinhold Schaumüller (Judge)
Date of decision
27 February 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
2 Ob 48/02a
Claimant 1
Respondent 1
Case History
Seller 1
Buyer 1
Category of goods
3: Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates and preparations thereof
Goods as per contract
Frozen fish (for resale to a customer in Latvia)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 9(2)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 9(1); Art. 35(1); Art. 35(2); Art. 35(2)(b); Art. 35(2)(c); Art. 38; Art. 39
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1)(a)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Relevance of local standards (in buyer’s country or third country) for conformity of the goods
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
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Editorial remark
For the present decision, two CLOUT abstracts have been published (CLOUT abstract No. 477 and CLOUT abstract No. 536).
Decision published in 3
CLOUT number
477
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
030227a3
Comments on this decision 2
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