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CISG-online number
1735
Case name
Steel bars case V
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck (Court of Appeal Innsbruck)
Judges
Dr. Rainer Brock (Presiding Judge), Dr. Höfle (Judge), Dr. E. Braunias (Judge)
Date of decision
18 December 2007
Case nr./docket nr.
1 R 273/07t
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 2
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Steel bars case V
Landesgericht Innsbruck (District Court Innsbruck)
Austria, 12 July 2007 – 13 Cg 88/06p-16, CISG-online 4089
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyers 2
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Construction company purchasing goods as supplies
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Construction company purchasing goods as supplies
Category of goods
67: Iron and steel
Goods as per contract
5,500 tons of steel bars
CISG applicable
left open
CISG applied
the Court of Appeal considered it yet unclear whether Art. 3(1) excluded the CISG's applicability to the present case
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Austrian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 29(2)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8; Art. 13
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 6; Art. 14; Art. 18
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Glass recycling machine case
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 08 November 2005 – 4 Ob 179/05k, CISG-online 1156
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
071218a3
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Daniel Nagel