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CISG-online number
1291
Case name
Soinco SACI et al. v. NKAP
Arbitral Tribunal
Handelskammer Zürich
(Chamber of Commerce Zurich)
Seat of the arbitration
Zurich (Switzerland)
Arbitrators
Dr. Pierre A. Karrer (Presiding arbitrator (Chairperson)), Dr. Bernhard F. Meyer-Hauser (Co-arbitrator), Dr. Claudia Kälin-Nauer (Co-arbitrator)
Date of decision
31 May 1996
Case nr./docket nr.
ZHK 273/95
Claimants 2
Name
Soinco SACI
Place of business
Argentina
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Eural Kft.
Place of business
Hungary
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Novokuznetsk Aluminium Plant (NKAP)
Place of business
Russian Federation
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Novokuznetsk Aluminium Plant (NKAP)
Place of business
Russian Federation
Role in trade
Producer of the goods sold
Buyers 2
Name
Soinco SACI
Place of business
Argentina
Name
Eural Kft.
Place of business
Hungary
Category of goods
68: Non-ferrous metals
Goods as per contract
30,000 tons of aluminium per year
CISG applicable
yes, due to the applicability of the law of a CISG Contracting State
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Russian law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(3); Art. 25; Art. 26; Art. 28; Art. 39; Art. 45; Art. 49; Art. 64; Art. 73; Art. 74; Art. 80
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 2(d); Art. 4(a); Art. 7(2); Art. 30; Art. 53; Art. 61; Art. 62; Art. 63; Art. 71; Art. 72
Decision published in 1
23 Yearbook Commercial Arbitration (Y.B. Com. Arb.) (1998), 128–147 [Text (excerpt) – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
960531s1
Comment on this decision 1
Nicholas C. Ulmer, 'Soinco v. NKAP: A "War Story"', 13(3) Mealey's International Arbitration Report (1998), 15 [– in English]
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: English