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CISG-online number
1227
Case name
Spacers for insulation glass case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Prof. Dr. Irmgard Griß (Presiding Judge), Dr. Brigitte Schenk (Judge), Dr. Edwin Gitschthaler (Judge), Dr. Friedrich Jensik (Judge), Dr. Manfred Vogel (Judge)
Date of decision
29 November 2005
Case nr./docket nr.
4 Ob 205/05h
Claimant 1
Name
E..... G..... GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
P..... s.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Spacers for insulation glass case
Landesgericht Steyr (District Court Steyr)
Austria, 31 January 2005 – 4 Cg 113/03f-34, CISG-online 3017
Spacers for insulation glass case
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 08 August 2005 – 3 R 57/05f, CISG-online 1087
affirming
Present decision declaring appeal inadmissible
Seller 1
Name
P..... s.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer
Buyer 1
Name
E..... G..... GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Manufacturer purchasing goods as supplies for production purposes
Category of goods
66: Non-metallic mineral manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
23,000 meters of spacers for insulation glass
Price
62'100.00 ATS (Austrian Schilling)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 18; Art. 19(1); Art. 19(2)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Tantalum powder case I
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 17 December 2003 – 7 Ob 275/03x, CISG-online 828
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
051129a3
Comment on this decision 1
Michael P. Van Alstine, 'The Unified Field Solution to the Battle of the Forms Under the U.N. Sales Convention', 62 William & Mary Law Review (Wm. & Mary L. Rev.) (2020), 213–286, at 276 [– in English]  
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Original language: German