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CISG-online number
1376
Case name
Conveyor belts case I
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Chamber
Abteilung 6 (Department 6)
Judges
Dr. Wolfgang Moser (Presiding Judge), Dr. Eva-Maria Mayrbäurl (Judge), Dr. Hildegard Egle (Judge)
Date of decision
23 March 2005
Case nr./docket nr.
6 R 200/04f
Claimant 1
Name
P[...] GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
N[...] N[...] G[...] Recyclingmaschinen GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Conveyor belts case I
Landesgericht Wels (District Court Wels)
Austria, 06 July 2004 – 3 Cg 213/03p-10, CISG-online 4431
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
P[...] GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Name
N[...] N[...] G[...] Recyclingmaschinen GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Category of goods
62: Rubber manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
2 conveyor belts (900/7000 mm)
Price
7'280.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 19(1); Art. 19(2) (battle of the forms)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 18(1
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 4
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 6
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Battle of the forms; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3
Tantalum powder case I
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 17 December 2003 – 7 Ob 275/03x, CISG-online 828
Gasoline and gas oil case
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 22 October 2001 – 1 Ob 77/01g, CISG-online 614
Chinchilla furs case
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 10 November 1994 – 2 Ob 547/93, CISG-online 117
This decision is cited by 1
MITEC Automotive AG v. Ford Motor Company
Landgericht Meiningen (District Court Meiningen)
Germany, 25 March 2010 – HKO 78/08, CISG-online 3065
Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2007), 123–127 [Full text – in German]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
050323a3
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 276–277 [– in English]  
Full text and translation of decision 2
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Jan Henning Berg & Daniel Nagel