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CISG-online number
1729
Case name
Mitias d.o.o. v. Solidea S.r.l.
Jurisdiction
Italy
Court
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Judge
Dott. Francesco Cortesi (Sole judge)
Date of decision
09 December 2008
Case nr./docket nr.
2280/2007
Claimant 1
Name
Mitias d.o.o.
Place of business
Slovenia
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Solidea S.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Solidea S.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Name
Mitias d.o.o.
Place of business
Slovenia
Category of goods
85: Footwear
Goods as per contract
Shoes
Price
7'030.80 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Italian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 25; Art. 35(2)(a); Art. 39(1); Art. 84(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7; Art. 9(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 30; Art. 38; Art. 49; Art. 53; Art. 85
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 3; Art. 6
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Definition of 'contract of sale'; Definition of 'goods'
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CLOUT number
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Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
081211i3
Comments on this decision 2
Edoardo Ferrante, 'Thirty Years of CISG: International Sales, Italian Style', 5 Italian Law Journal (Italian L.J.) (2019), 87–130, at 126–128 [– in English]
Francesco A. Schurr, 'Comments on Tribunale di Forli, 11 December 2008 – Mitias v. Solidea S.r.l.', European Journal of Commercial Contract Law (EJCCL) (2009), 160–161 [– in English]
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