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CISG-online number
1703
Case name
Material for metal covers case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Landgericht Landshut (District Court Landshut)
Chamber
4. Zivilkammer (4th chamber for civil matters)
Date of decision
12 June 2008
Case nr./docket nr.
43 O 1748/07
Claimant 1
Name
L[...] Aktiengesellschaft Decken-, Boden-, Trennwandsysteme
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
S[...] R[...]
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Present decision
Material for metal covers case
Oberlandesgericht München (Court of Appeal Munich)
Germany, 14 January 2009 – 20 U 3863/08, CISG-online 2011
reversing and remanding
Seller 1
Name
L[...] Aktiengesellschaft Decken-, Boden-, Trennwandsysteme
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
S[...] R[...]
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Construction company purchasing goods as supplies
Category of goods
69: Manufactures of metals, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Material for metal covers
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Italian law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(2); Art. 8(2); Art. 14
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 2; Art. 3
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Agency; Formation of party agreement on dispute resolution clause; Jurisdiction of the courts at the place of performance of obligations arising from a CISG contract under the EU 'Brussels I' Regulation 44/2001; Surprising clause in contract terms
Editorial remark
by Ulrich G. Schroeter
The present decision only addresses the jurisdiction of the German courts under Art. 23 (forum selection agreement) and Art. 5 (jurisdiction of the court at the place of performance) of the Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (the EU’s “Brussels I” Regulation). In this context, the Court applies the CISG. As the Court eventually concludes that the German courts lack the necessary jurisdiction, no discussion of the merits of the dispute takes place.
Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2008), 184–187 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2009), No. 167a, 429–435 [Full text – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:LGLANDS:2008:0612.43O1748.07.0A
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
080612g2
Comment on this decision 1
Michael P. Van Alstine, 'The Unified Field Solution to the Battle of the Forms Under the U.N. Sales Convention', 62 William & Mary Law Review (Wm. & Mary L. Rev.) (2020), 213–286, at 280–281 [– in English]  
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Daniel Nagel