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CISG-online number
1534
Case name
Deep-frying oil case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Landgericht Kiel (District Court Kiel)
Chamber
3. Kammer für Handelssachen (3rd Chamber for commercial matters)
Date of decision
27 July 2004
Case nr./docket nr.
16 O 83/04
Claimant 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
43: Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes of animal or vegetable origin; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
2,000 tons of industrial deep fryer fat (specification "FFA max. 10%, hardening value min. 97%")
Price
700'000.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 9(2); Art. 18(1); Art. 39; Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 2; Art. 6; Art. 14; Art. 53; Art. 62
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3
Italian fabrics case VI
Landgericht Berlin (District Court Berlin)
Germany, 21 March 2003 – 103 O 213/02, CISG-online 785
Foil case I
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 25 November 1998 – VIII ZR 259/97, CISG-online 353
Iroko wood case
Oberlandesgericht Köln (Court of Appeal Cologne)
Germany, 22 February 1994 – 22 U 202/93, CISG-online 127
Decision published in 1
Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (2007), 417–422 [Full text – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:LGKIEL:2004:0727.16O83.04.0A
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
040727g1
Comment on this decision 1
Morten M. Fogt, 'Konkludente Vertragsannahme und grenzüberschreitendes kaufmännisches Bestätigungsschreiben nach CISG', Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (2007), 451–453 [– in German]
Full text and translation of decision 2
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Translation of decision
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Jan Henning Berg & Daniel Nagel