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CISG-online number
1644
Case name
Industrial tools case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Oldenburg (Court of Appeal Oldenburg)
Chamber
8. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
20 December 2007
Case nr./docket nr.
8 U 138/07
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Industrial tools case
Landgericht Osnabrück (District Court Osnabrück)
Germany, 22 June 2007 – 13 O 626/06, CISG-online 3405
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Spain
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Industrial tools
Price
989'792.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3(1); Art. 4; Art. 14; Art. 18; Art. 31(a)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3(2); Art. 6
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Formation of party agreement on dispute resolution clause; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Jurisdiction of the courts at the place of performance of obligations arising from a CISG contract under the EU 'Brussels I' Regulation 44/2001; Selection of seller by public tender
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Germany, 31 October 2001 – VIII ZR 60/01, CISG-online 617
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Germany, 09 July 2008 – VIII ZR 184/07, CISG-online 1717
Decision published in 4
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2008), 112–119 [Full text – in German]
OLG-Report (OLGR) Oldenburg (2008), 694–698 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2007), No. 158, 441–448 [Full text – in German]
Niedersächsische Rechtspflege (NdsRpfl) (2007), 225 [Leitsatz (headnote) – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:OLGOL:2007:1220.8U138.07.0A
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
071220g1
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