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CISG-online number
848
Case name
Cables and wires case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. Zivilabteilung (1st department for civil matters)
Judges
Bernard Corboz (Judge), Dominique Favre (Judge), Franz Nyffeler (Judge), Kathrin Klett (Judge), Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch (Judge), Dr. Claudius Gelzer (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
07 July 2004
Case nr./docket nr.
4C.144/2004
Claimant 1
Name
[...] s.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
[...] AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Cables and wires case
Kreisgericht Bern VIII Bern-Laupen (Court of First Instance Bern-Laupen)
Switzerland, 08 May 2003, CISG-online 3150
Cables and wires case
Obergericht des Kantons Bern/Cour suprême du canton de Berne (Court of Appeal Canton Bern)
Switzerland, 11 February 2004 – 304/II/2003/wuda/scch, CISG-online 1191
affirming
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
[...] s.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Name
[...] AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
69: Manufactures of metals, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Cables and wires
Price
35'641.21 CHF (Swiss Francs)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 35
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 38; Art. 39(2);
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 7(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof; Set-off
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Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2004), 252–253 [Full text – in German]
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2005), 118–119 [Abstract – in German]
CLOUT number
894
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
040707s1
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Full text of decision
Translation of decision
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