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CISG-online number
1012
Case name
TETA case I
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. Zivilabteilung (1st department for civil matters)
Judges
Bernard Corboz (Presiding Judge), Kathrin Klett (Judge), Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch (Judge), Christian Luczak (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
05 April 2005
Case nr./docket nr.
4C.474/2004
Claimant 1
Name
G[...] Chemiehandelsgesellschaft mbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
R[...] AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
TETA case I
Zivilgericht des Seebezirks (Court of First Instance Seebezirk)
Switzerland, 06 June 2003 – ZG 02 29, CISG-online 3086
TETA case I
Kantonsgericht Freiburg (Court of Appeal Canton Freiburg)
Switzerland, 11 October 2004 – A1 2003-70, CISG-online 964
affirming
Present decision reversing and remanding
TETA case II
Kantonsgericht Freiburg (Court of Appeal Canton Freiburg)
Switzerland, 03 January 2006, CISG-online 3030
TETA case II
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 12 June 2006 – 4C.92/2006, CISG-online 1516
affirming
Seller 1
Name
R[...] AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
G[...] Chemiehandelsgesellschaft mbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
51: Organic chemicals
Goods as per contract
Triethylenetetramine (TETA)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 8(3), Art. 19(1); Art. 19(3)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 14; Art. 18; Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 79
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1)(a)
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Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 13 November 2003 – 4C.198/2003, CISG-online 840
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Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2005), 204–206
Swiss Review of International and European Law (SRIEL) (2007), 148
CLOUT number
931
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
050405s1
Comment on this decision 1
Christoph Brunner & Markus Vischer, 'Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zum Kaufvertragsrecht im Jahr 2005 – "unpublizierte" und "publizierte" Entscheide', Jusletter (19. Juni 2006), at no. 3–8 [– in German]  
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 931 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German