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CISG-online number
1731
Case name
Filling and packaging plant case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Zivilgericht Basel-Stadt (Court of First Instance Basel-Stadt)
Judges
Dr. H. Loehr (Presiding Judge), H. Wohlfart (Judge), lic. iur. O. Häusler (Judge), Dr. P. Staehelin (Judge), lic. iur. U. Mathys (Judge), lic. iur. T. Heer (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
08 November 2006
Case nr./docket nr.
P 2004 152
Claimant 1
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
Filling and packaging plant case
Appellationsgericht Basel-Stadt (Court of Appeal Canton Basel-Stadt)
Switzerland, 26 September 2008 – 16/2007/MEM/chi, CISG-online 1732
Filling and packaging plant case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 18 May 2009 – 4A_68/2009, CISG-online 1900
Seller 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Place of business
Spain
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Filling and packaging plant
Price
247'278'337.00 ESP (Spanish Pesetas)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 3(1)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 6; Art. 8; Art. 25; Art. 49(1)(b)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3; Art. 4; Art. 39; Art. 47; Art. 49(2); Art. 74; Art. 77; Art. 81; Art. 82; Art. 84
Decision published in 1
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2011), 540–544 [Abstract – in German]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
061108s1
Comment on this decision 1
Bundesamt für Justiz, 'Rechtsprechung zum Wiener Kaufrecht in der Schweiz', Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2011), 539–568, at 540–544 [– in German]
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Jan Henning Berg