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CISG-online number
840
Case name
Used textile cleaning machine case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Judges
Bernard Corboz (Presiding Judge), Franz Nyffeler (Judge), Hans Peter Walter (Judge), Kathrin Klett (Judge), Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch (Judge), Dr. Claudius Gelzer (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
13 November 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
4C.198/2003
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller’s assignee
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Used textile cleaning machine case
Amtsgericht Luzern-Land (Court of First Instance Luzern-Land)
Switzerland, 06 April 2001, CISG-online 3115
Used textile cleaning machine case
Obergericht des Kantons Luzern (Court of Appeal Canton Lucerne)
Switzerland, 12 May 2003 – 11 01 73, CISG-online 846
reversing
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Used textile cleaning machine Seco SS 240
Price
55'600.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 38(1); Art. 39(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7; Art. 60(b)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 35(1); Art. 36(1)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof
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Decision published in 4
130 Entscheidungen des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts (BGE) III, 258–266 [Text (excerpt) – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2004), 215–219 [Full text – in German]
Semaine Judiciare (Sem. Jud. or SJ) (2004), I, No. 34, 503–513 [Full text (translation) – in French]
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2005), 116–118 [Abstract – in German]
CLOUT number
885
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
031113s1
Comments on this decision 2
Florian Mohs, 'Anmerkung zu BGer, 13.11.2003 – 4C.198/2003', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2004), 219–221 [– in German]  
Michael Stalder, 'Die Beweislast und wichtige Rügemodalitäten bei vertragswidriger Warenlieferung nach UN-Kaufrecht (CISG)', Aktuelle Juristische Praxis/Pratique Juridique Actuelle (AJP/PJA) (2004), 1472–1482 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 885 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German