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CISG-online number
1560
Case name
Citroen Type C 5 case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Ilse Huber (Presiding Judge), Dr. Christa Kalivoda (Judge), Dr. Helge Hoch (Judge), Hon. Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Danzl (Judge), Dr. Reinhold Schaumüller (Judge)
Date of decision
04 July 2007
Case nr./docket nr.
2 Ob 95/06v
Claimant 1
Name
N[...] G[...]
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
F[...] C[...] Fahrzeughandel und Reparatur GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Citroen Österreich GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Manufacturer of the goods sold (not party to the international sales contract)
Case History
Citroen Type C 5 case
Landesgericht Linz (District Court Linz)
Austria, 26 April 2005 – 30 Cg 115/03w-36, CISG-online 1226
Citroen Type C 5 case
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 23 January 2006 – 6 R 160/05z, CISG-online 1377
reversing in part
Present decision reversing in part
Seller 1
Name
F[...] C[...] Fahrzeughandel und Reparatur GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
N[...] G[...]
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
78: Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
Goods as per contract
Car (Citroen Type C 5 HDI 100, Model BK 8X)
Price
22'353.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
no, Art. 6 (exclusion by the parties in their sales contract)
CISG applied
no
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Austrian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 6
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 36(1); Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 49; Art. 69; Art. 74-77; Art. 81(2); Art. 82; Art. 82(2)
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Decision published in 3
Juristische Blätter (JBl) (2008), 191 [Full text – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2007), 237–240 [Full text – in German]
ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (2007), 859
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2007:0020OB00095.06V.0704.000
CLOUT number
1059
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
070704a3
Comments on this decision 2
Ernst Karner & Helmut Koziol, Zur Anwendbarkeit des UN-Kaufrechts bei Werk- und Dienstleistungen: Am Beispiel der Maschinen- und Industrieanlagenlieferungsverträge, Vienna: Jan Sramek Verlag (2015), at 62 [– in German]
Claude Witz, 'Panorama: Droit uniforme de la vente internationale de marchandises (juillet 2006 – décembre 2007)', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2008), 2620–2630, at 2622 [– in French]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 1059 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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