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CISG-online number
911
Case name
Carpets case I
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe (Court of Appeal Karlsruhe)
Date of decision
10 December 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
7 U 40/02
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Brazil
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Carpets case I
Landgericht Karlsruhe (District Court Karlsruhe)
Germany, 01 March 2002 – 10 O 96/00, CISG-online 971
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Place of business
Brazil
Category of goods
65: Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, not elsewhere specified, and related products
Goods as per contract
Carpets
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 29(1); Art. 31
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 57(1)(a)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 53; Art. 54; Art. 95
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
1974/1980 UN Limitation Convention; Jurisdiction of the courts at the place of performance of obligations arising from a CISG contract under domestic procedural law; Limitation (prescription) period for claim arising under CISG contract
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Dynamic page printer case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 04 December 1996 – VIII ZR 306/95, CISG-online 260
This decision is cited by 1
ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Prods. GmbH v. Energy Coal, S.p.A.
Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County
USA, 14 October 2015 – 653938/14, CISG-online 2793
Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2004), 62–65 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
635
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
031220g1
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Full text of decision
Translation of decision
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Tobias Koppitz & Todd Fox