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CISG-online number
1768
Case name
Snowchains case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Kantonsgericht St. Gallen (Court of Appeal Canton St. Gallen)
Chamber
III. Zivilkammer (3rd Chamber for civil matters)
Judges
Dr. Martha Niquille-Eberle (Presiding Judge), Hans Schawalder (Judge), Rolf Brunner (Judge), Alexander Locher (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
13 May 2008
Case nr./docket nr.
BZ.2007.55
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Snowchains case
Kreisgericht Rheintal (Court of First Instance Rheintal)
Switzerland, 15 May 2007, CISG-online 3404
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
89: Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Snowchains, adapter
Price
90'367.60 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(2); Art. 74
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 61(1)(b)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Remedies under domestic law for reprehensible conduct (fraud etc.)
Decision published in 2
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2011), 567 [Abstract – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2009), 161 [Full text – in German]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
080513s1
Comments on this decision 2
Bundesamt für Justiz, 'Rechtsprechung zum Wiener Kaufrecht in der Schweiz', Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2011), 539–568, at 567 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 240 [– in German]
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Jan Henning Berg