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CISG-online number
1200
Case name
Stolen car case
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), Dr. Dirck Leimert (Judge), Wolfgang Ball (Judge)
Date of decision
11 January 2006
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 268/04
Claimant 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Stolen car case
Landgericht Bielefeld (District Court Bielefeld)
Germany, 03 July 2003 – 10 O 54/02, CISG-online 3238
Stolen car case
Oberlandesgericht Hamm (Court of Appeal Hamm)
Germany, 15 July 2004 – 2 U 83/03, CISG-online 3239
reversing
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
78: Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
Goods as per contract
Used car
Price
39'000.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 41; Art. 43; Art. 44
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 45; Art. 49; Art. 74; Art. 81(2)
This decision is cited by 2
Stolen wheel loader case
Obergericht des Kantons Zug (Court of Appeal Canton Zug)
Switzerland, 23 February 2023 – Z1 2022 6, CISG-online 6313
Natural stone marble slabs case
Oberlandesgericht Saarbrücken (Court of Appeal Saarbrücken)
Germany, 17 January 2007 – 5 U 426/96-54, CISG-online 1642
Decision published in 7
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2006), 82–84
JuristenZeitung (JZ) (2006), 271
JuristenZeitung (JZ) (2006), 977
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (2006), 1343
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2006), 462
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (2006), 154
Versicherungsrecht (VersR) (2006), 1554
CLOUT number
822
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
060111g1
Comments on this decision 6
Abdullah S. Alaoudh, 'The Notice Requirement of Article 39 and Islamic Law: Developed vs. Developing Countries', 26(4) Arab Law Quarterly (2012), 481–498, at 488 [– in English]
Harry M. Flechtner, 'Funky Mussels, a Stolen Car, and Decrepit Used Shoes: Non-Conforming Goods and Notice thereof under the United Nations Sales Convention ("CISG")', 26 Boston University International Law Journal (B.U. Int'l L.J.) (2008), 1–28, at 16–19 [– in English]  
Sörren C. Kiene, 'Rechtsmängel im UN-Kaufrecht und das Verhältnis von Art. 30 CISG zu Art. 41, 43 CISG. Zugleich Anmerkung zum Urteil des BGH vom 11.1.2006 (IHR 2006, 82)', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2006), 93–97 [– in German]
Frank Peters, 'BGH, 11. 1. 2006 - VIII ZR 268/04. Zur Rechtsmängelrüge nach UN-Kaufrecht', JuristenZeitung (JZ) (2006), 979–980 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, 'Anmerkung zu BGH, 11.1.2006 – VIII ZR 268/04', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (2006), 427–428 [– in German]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 511 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 822 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
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Language: English
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