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CISG-online number
1421
Case name
Fashion products case
Arbitral Tribunal
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Seat of the arbitration
Paris (France)
Date of decision
2003
Case nr./docket nr.
11849
Claimant 1
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer
Buyer 1
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Distributor
Category of goods
84: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Goods as per contract
Fashion products
CISG applicable
yes, due to parties' express choice of the CISG in their contract
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4; Art. 7; Art. 8(3); Art. 25; Art. 26; Art. 27; Art. 54; Art. 63(1); Art. 64(1)(b); Art. 71; Art. 73(2); Art. 74; Art. 78; Art. 80
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Distribution agreement
This decision is cited by 1
Austrian products case
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Arbitration, 2011 – 17020 (Final Award), CISG-online 4041
Editorial remark

The parties' distribution agreement contained the following choice-of-law clause:

"The Arbitrator shall apply the 1980 UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods for what is not expressly or implicitly provided for under the contract. Letters of Credit shall be governed by the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication no. 500."

Decision published in 2
31 Yearbook Commercial Arbitration (Y.B. Com. Arb.) (2006), 148–171
Jean-Jacques Arnaldez, Yves Derains & Dominique Hascher, Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards/Recueil des sentences arbitrales de la CCI 2001–2007, Wolters Kluwer (2009), at 413–435 [Text (excerpt) – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
031849i1