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CISG-online number
1617
Case name
Glass bottles case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
X. Zivilsenat
Judges
Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Melullis (Presiding Judge), Alfred Keukenschrijver (Judge), Barbara Ambrosius (Judge), Claus Asendorf (Judge), Jochem Gröning (Judge)
Date of decision
27 November 2007
Case nr./docket nr.
X ZR 111/04
Claimant 1
Role in transaction
Buyer's assignee
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Glass bottles case
Landgericht Ingolstadt (District Court Ingolstadt)
Germany, 26 March 2003 – 4 O 1841/01, CISG-online 3236
Glass bottles case
Oberlandesgericht München (Court of Appeal Munich)
Germany, 19 April 2004 – 31 U 2747/03, CISG-online 3237
affirming
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Greece
Category of goods
66: Non-metallic mineral manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
16 million glass bottles
Price
1'732'000.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(1); Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 71(1); Art. 79(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 53
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 4 (relationship between CISG and domestic rules on errors in calculation); Art. 25
Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2008), 49–53 [Full text – in German]
CLOUT number
1234
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
071127g1
Comment on this decision 1
Ulrich G. Schroeter, 'Anmerkung zu BGH, 27.11.2007 – X ZR 111/04', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (2008), 303–304 [– in German]  
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 1234 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English