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CISG-online number
945
Case name
Steinbock-Bjonustan EHF v. Duma N.V.
Jurisdiction
Belgium
Court
Rechtbank van Koophandel Kortrijk (Commercial Court Kortrijk)
Judges
L. Vandenbroucke (Presiding Judge), F. Deschepper (Judge), J. Vanbiervliet (Judge)
Date of decision
04 June 2004
Case nr./docket nr.
AR 2136/2003
Claimant 1
Name
Steinbock-Bjonustan EHF
Place of business
Iceland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Duma N.V.
Place of business
Belgium
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Duma N.V.
Place of business
Belgium
Buyer 1
Name
Steinbock-Bjonustan EHF
Place of business
Iceland
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Second-hand Caterpillar V8OE fork lift truck, model year 1992
Price
280'000.00 BEF (Belgian Franc)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Belgian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 33(a); Art. 39(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 31; Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 84
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 64(1)(a)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 25; Art. 26
This decision is cited by 1
Carel Electronic Suzhou Co. Ltd. v. SY.DE.CO. S.r.l.
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Italy, 12 November 2012 – 616/2011, CISG-online 2594
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
040604b1
Comment on this decision 1
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 382 [– in German]
Full text of decision 1
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Original language: Dutch