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CISG-online number
1093
Case name
Tantalum powder case II
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Ekkehard Schalich (Presiding Judge), Dr. Christa Kalivoda (Judge), Dr. Helge Hoch (Judge), Hon. Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Danzl (Judge), Dr. Reinhold Schaumüller (Judge)
Date of decision
31 August 2005
Case nr./docket nr.
7 Ob 175/05v
Claimant 1
Name
Pacific Ores Metals & Chemicals Ltd.
Place of business
Hong Kong SAR (China)
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Plansee AG
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Tantalum powder case I
Landesgericht Innsbruck (District Court Innsbruck)
Austria, 06 February 2003 – 12 Cg 32/02i, CISG-online 3061
Tantalum powder case I
Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck (Court of Appeal Innsbruck)
Austria, 03 June 2003 – 1 R 90/03z, CISG-online 3074
reversing in part
Tantalum powder case I
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 17 December 2003 – 7 Ob 275/03x, CISG-online 828
reversing and remanding
Tantalum powder case II
Landesgericht Innsbruck (District Court Innsbruck)
Austria, 09 July 2004 – 12 Cg 32/02i, CISG-online 1129
Tantalum powder case II
Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck (Court of Appeal Innsbruck)
Austria, 01 February 2005 – 1 R 253/04x, CISG-online 1130
affirming
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
Pacific Ores Metals & Chemicals Ltd.
Place of business
Hong Kong SAR (China)
Role in trade
Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Plansee AG
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Manufacturer purchasing goods as supplies for production purposes
Category of goods
68: Non-ferrous metals
Goods as per contract
9,000 kilograms of tantalum powder
Price
9'444'600.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 9(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 6; Art. 73
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Tantalum powder case I
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 17 December 2003 – 7 Ob 275/03x, CISG-online 828
Propane gas case
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 06 February 1996 – 10 Ob 518/95, CISG-online 224
Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2006), 31–34 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
750
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
050831a3
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 750 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Todd Fox & Jan Henning Berg