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CISG-online number
828
Case name
Tantalum powder case I
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Ekkehard Schalich (Presiding Judge), Dr. Christa Kalivoda (Judge), Dr. Helge Hoch (Judge), Hon. Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Danzl (Judge), Dr. Reinhold Schaumüller (Judge)
Date of decision
17 December 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
7 Ob 275/03x
Claimant 1
Name
Pacific Ores Metals & Chemicals Ltd.
Place of business
Hong Kong SAR (China)
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Plansee AG
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Tantalum powder case I
Landesgericht Innsbruck (District Court Innsbruck)
Austria, 06 February 2003 – 12 Cg 32/02i, CISG-online 3061
Tantalum powder case I
Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck (Court of Appeal Innsbruck)
Austria, 03 June 2003 – 1 R 90/03z, CISG-online 3074
reversing in part
Present decision reversing and remanding
Tantalum powder case II
Landesgericht Innsbruck (District Court Innsbruck)
Austria, 09 July 2004 – 12 Cg 32/02i, CISG-online 1129
Tantalum powder case II
Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck (Court of Appeal Innsbruck)
Austria, 01 February 2005 – 1 R 253/04x, CISG-online 1130
affirming
Tantalum powder case II
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 31 August 2005 – 7 Ob 175/05v, CISG-online 1093
affirming
Seller 1
Name
Pacific Ores Metals & Chemicals Ltd.
Place of business
Hong Kong SAR (China)
Role in trade
Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Plansee AG
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Manufacturer purchasing goods as supplies for production purposes
Category of goods
68: Non-ferrous metals
Goods as per contract
9,000 kilograms of tantalum powder
Price
9'444'600.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 6; Art. 73
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8; Art. 14
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 39; Art. 93
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Status of Hong Kong under the CISG (1997–2022)
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Austria, 06 February 1996 – 10 Ob 518/95, CISG-online 224
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Austria, 29 November 2005 – 4 Ob 205/05h, CISG-online 1227
Tantalum powder case II
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 31 August 2005 – 7 Ob 175/05v, CISG-online 1093
Spacers for insulation glass case
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 08 August 2005 – 3 R 57/05f, CISG-online 1087
Conveyor belts case I
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 23 March 2005 – 6 R 200/04f, CISG-online 1376
Tantalum powder case II
Landesgericht Innsbruck (District Court Innsbruck)
Austria, 09 July 2004 – 12 Cg 32/02i, CISG-online 1129
Decision published in 5
Juristische Blätter (JBl) (2004), 449
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2004), 148–156
Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft (RdW) (2004), 275
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (2004), 110
Sammlung Zivilsachen: Entscheidungen des Österreichischen Obersten Gerichtshofes in Zivilsachen (SZ) (2003), 175
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2003:0070OB00275.03X.1217.000
CLOUT number
534
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
031217a3
Comments on this decision 2
Ulrich Magnus, 'CISG applicable in Hong Kong and Macao', in: Mélanges en l'honneur du Professeur Claude Witz, Paris: LexisNexis (2018), 579–595, at 584 [– in English]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 317 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 534 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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