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CISG-online number
896
Case name
Italian furniture case II
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Tribunal Cantonal du Valais/Kantonsgericht Wallis (Court of Appeal Canton Valais)
Chamber
Cour Civile II
Judges
Jean-Pierre Derivaz (Presiding Judge), Françoise Balmer Fitoussi (Judge), Stéphane Spahr (Judge), Stéphane Epiney (Griffier)
Date of decision
30 April 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
C1 03 50
Claimant 1
Name
B[…] S.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
M[…] et I[…] S.a.r.l.
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
B[…] S.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Name
M[…] et I[…] S.a.r.l.
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
82: Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings
Goods as per contract
Furniture
Price
8'127.38 CHF (Swiss Francs)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Italian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 78
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 39(1); Art. 58(1); Art. 59
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 7(2); Art. 35(1); Art. 39(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Definition of 'contract of sale'
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Geiger v. Nord Tractors Sàrl
Tribunal Cantonal du Valais/Kantonsgericht Wallis (Court of Appeal Canton Valais)
Switzerland, 28 October 1997 – Cl 97 167, CISG-online 328
Marmipedretti Graniti S.r.l. v. Nichini SA Pierres naturelles et artificielles
Tribunal Cantonal du Valais/Kantonsgericht Wallis (Court of Appeal Canton Valais)
Switzerland, 20 December 1994 – C 323/94, CISG-online 302
Decision published in 1
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2004), 107–108 [Abstract – in German]
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: French