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CISG-online number
1566
Case name
Construction materials case V
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Obergericht des Kantons Thurgau (Court of Appeal Canton Thurgau)
Judges
Thomas Zweidler (Presiding Judge), François H. Reinhard (Judge), Hans-Rudolf Rutishauser (Judge), Ruth Faller (a.o. Gerichtssekretärin)
Date of decision
12 December 2006
Case nr./docket nr.
ZBR.2006.26
Claimant 1
Name
Baustoffe R[...] GmbH
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
M[...] AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Construction materials case V
Bezirksgericht Weinfelden (Court of First Instance Weinfelden)
Switzerland, 20 January 2006 – K § 10 / 2006, CISG-online 3469
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
Baustoffe R[...] GmbH
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Name
M[...] AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
66: Non-metallic mineral manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Construction materials (Jackodur 700)
Price
50'130.06 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a), but possibly exclusion (Art. 6)
CISG applied
yes (parallel application of CISG and domestic Swiss law)
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 8(3); Art. 74
Decision published in 1
Swiss Review of International and European Law (SRIEL) (2008), 201
CLOUT number
932
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 932 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Veit Konrad & Jan Henning Berg