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CISG-online number

999

Case name

Frozen pork case I

Jurisdiction

Germany

Court

Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)

Chamber

VIII. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)

Judges

Dr. Katharina Deppert (Presiding Judge), Dr. Dieter Wolst (Judge), Dr. Dietrich Beyer (Judge), Monika Hermanns (Judge), Ulrich Wiechers (Judge)

Date of decision

02 March 2005

Case nr./docket nr.

VIII ZR 67/04

Claimant 1

Respondent 1

Case History

Seller 1

Buyer 1

Category of goods

1: Meat and meat preparations

Goods as per contract

Frozen pork (origin: Belgium)

Price

128'212.75 DEM (Deutsche Mark)

CISG applicable

yes, Art. 1(1)(a)

CISG applied

yes

Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied

Art. 7(1); Art. 35(2)(a)

Key CISG provisions applied

Art. 36(1); Art. 50

CISG provisions also cited

Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 35(1); Art. 46 et seq.; Art. 49; Art. 67(1)

Non-provision-specific issues addressed

Relevance of local standards (in buyer’s country or third country) for conformity of the goods

This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3

This decision is cited by 4

Decision published in 8

CLOUT number

774

Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database

050302g1

Comments on this decision 9

Sarah E. Hilmer, 'The Pork Case: Decision of the Federal Supreme Court of Germany of 2 March 2005 (VIII ZR 67/04)', 5(1) Chinese Journal of International Law (Chinese J. Int'l L.) (2006), 213–214 [– in English]

Emmy Latifah, Anis H. Bajrektarevic & Dini Kartika Salsabila, 'Suspicion on the Non-conformity of the Goods as a Foundation of Breach of International Sales Contract', 10(2) Hasanuddin Law Review (2024), 171–188, at 183–184 [– in English]

Hideo Nakamura, 'Conformity of Goods with Regulatory Restrictions: BGH decisions in the mussels and the pork case', 15 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2011), 53–64 [– in English]

Burghard Piltz, 'Folgerungen für die Praxis (zu BGH, 2.3.2005 – VIII ZR 67/04)', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2005), 160–161 [– in German]

Peter Schlechtriem, 'Anmerkung [zu BGH, 2.3.2005 – VIII ZR 67/04]', JuristenZeitung (JZ) (2005), 846–848 [– in German]

Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 439 [– in German]

Marco Torsello, 'An International Sales Law for Agri-food Products: An Overview of Controversial Issues and the Feasibility of a Sector-specific Global Law', in: Eppur si muove: The Age of Uniform Law – Essays in honour of Michael Joachim Bonell to celebrate his 70th birthday, Rome: UNIDROIT (2016), 1829–1854, at 1835 [– in English]

Johannes Wertenbruch, 'Anmerkung zum Urteil des BGH vom 02.03.2005 (VIII ZR 67/04, NJW-RR 2005, 1218) - vertragswidrige Kaufsache nach UN-Kaufrecht und öffentlich-rechtliches Verkaufsverbot', LMK – Kommentierte BGH-Rechtsprechung (LMK) (2005), 151525 [– in German]

Claude Witz, 'Panorama: Droit uniforme de la vente internationale de marchandises', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2007), 530–540 [– in French]

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