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CISG-online number
838
Case name
Menthol USP Brand crystals case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
Ire Cour civile
Judges
Bernard Corboz (Presiding Judge), Dominique Favre (Judge), Hans Peter Walter (Judge), Charif Feller (Gerichtsschreiberin)
Date of decision
13 January 2004
Case nr./docket nr.
4C.245/2003
Claimant 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Menthol USP Brand crystals case
Tribunal de Première Instance de Genève (Court of First Instance Geneva)
Switzerland, 24 October 2002, CISG-online 3151
Menthol USP Brand crystals case
Cour de Justice de Genève (Court of Appeal Canton Geneva)
Switzerland, 20 June 2003, CISG-online 3002
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
42: Fixed vegetable fats and oils, crude, refined or fractionated
Goods as per contract
1,300 kilograms of Menthol USP Brand crystals
Price
18'005.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35(1); Art. 35(2)(a); Art. 35(2)(b) (burden of proof)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 46(1); Art. 50
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 4 (burden of proof)
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Decision published in 1
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2005), 118–121 [Abstract – in German]
CLOUT number
891
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
040113s1
Comment on this decision 1
Thomas Koller, 'Probleme des Zusammenwirkens von UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) und nationalem Recht – Widersprüche und Ungenauigkeiten in einer bundesgerichtlichen Urteilsbegründung (Besprechung des Urteils 4C.245/2003 vom 13. Januar 2004)', Jusletter (21. Juni 2004), 1–5 [– in German]  
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 891 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French