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CISG-online number
1106
Case name
Scafom International BV & Orion Metal BVBA v. Exma CPI SA
Jurisdiction
Belgium
Court
Rechtbank van Koophandel Tongeren (Commercial Court Tongeren)
Judges
G. Hermans (Presiding Judge), D. Geurts (Judge), V. Kun (Judge), L. Timmermans (Griffier)
Date of decision
25 January 2005
Case nr./docket nr.
A.R. A/04/01960
Claimants 2
Name
Scafom International BV
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Orion Metal BVBA
Place of business
Belgium
Role in transaction
End-user of the goods
Respondent 1
Name
Exma CPI SA (became Lorraine Tubes S.A.S.)
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
Scafom International BV v. Lorraine Tubes S.A.S.
Hof van Beroep Antwerpen (Court of Appeal Antwerp)
Belgium, 29 June 2006 – 2005/AR/2372, CISG-online 3077
Scafom International BV v. Lorraine Tubes S.A.S.
Hof van Beroep Antwerpen (Court of Appeal Antwerp)
Belgium, 15 February 2007 – 2005/AR/2372, CISG-online 3062
Scafom International BV v. Lorraine Tubes S.A.S.
Hof van Cassatie van België/Cour de cassation de Belgique (Belgian Supreme Court)
Belgium, 19 June 2009 – C.07.0289.N, CISG-online 1963
Seller 1
Name
Exma CPI SA (became Lorraine Tubes S.A.S.)
Place of business
France
Role in trade
Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Scafom International BV
Place of business
Netherlands
Category of goods
67: Iron and steel
Goods as per contract
Hot-rolled steel tubes intended for the production of scaffoldings
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Belgian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 9; Art. 18(1); Art. 79(1)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 6; Art. 18(2); Art. 19
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 100(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 4; Art. 8; Art. 11; Art. 14(1); Art. 15(1); Art. 15(2); Art. 23; Art. 80
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 4
Lavameat N.V. v. Cointa S.A.
Rechtbank van Koophandel Ieper (Commercial Court Ypres)
Belgium, 18 February 2002 – A.R. 318/00, CISG-online 747
Esta Behang B.V. v. Multi Import Rainbow Color Center N.V.
Rechtbank van Koophandel Hasselt (Commercial Court Hasselt)
Belgium, 28 April 1999 – A.R. 456/99, CISG-online 3716
Multi Zwolle B.V. v. Multi-Import Rainbow Color Center N.V.
Rechtbank van Koophandel Hasselt (Commercial Court Hasselt)
Belgium, 02 December 1998, CISG-online 745
Vital Berry Marketing v. Dirafrost Frozen Fruit Industry NV
Rechtbank van Koophandel Hasselt (Commercial Court Hasselt)
Belgium, 02 May 1995 – AR 1849/94, CISG-online 371
This decision is cited by 1
Flaxloom N.V. v. Tapijtfabriek Nouwens-Bogaers B.V.
Rechtbank van Koophandel Kortrijk (Commercial Court Kortrijk)
Belgium, 04 October 2007 – AR 3323/05, CISG-online 3932
Decision published in 1
Revue de droit international privé / Tijdschrift voor internationaal privaatrecht (2009 nr. 4), 51–66 [Full text – in Dutch]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
050125b1
Comments on this decision 3
Fan Yang, 'A Comparative Case Study of the Interpretation Methodology of Article 14 of the CISG: A Global Jurisconsultorium Perspective', 10 European Journal of Law Reform (EJLR) (2008), 3–20, at 6 [– in English]  
Fan Yang, 'CISG, CIETAC Arbitration and the Rule of Law in the P.R. of China: A Global Jurisconsultorium Perspective', in: Camilla Baasch Andersen & Ulrich G. Schroeter (eds.), Sharing International Commercial Law across National Boundaries: Festschrift for Albert H. Kritzer on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, London: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill (2008), 600–626, at 607 [– in English]
Bruno Zeller, 'Analysis of the Cultural Homeward Trend in International Sales Law', 10(1) Victoria University Law and Justice Journal (VULJ) (2021), 131–143, at 140–141 [– in English]  
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: Dutch
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Language: English
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