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CISG-online number
1780
Case name
Officine Maraldi S.p.A. v. Intessa BCI S.p.A. et al.
Jurisdiction
Italy
Court
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Judge
Dott. Francesco Cortesi (Sole judge)
Date of decision
16 February 2009
Claimant 1
Name
Officine Maraldi S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 3
Name
Intessa BCI S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Guarantor
Name
National Bank of Egypt
Place of business
Egypt
Role in transaction
Guarantor
Name
H.U. Gas Filling Plant Aswan-Usama Abdallah and Co.
Place of business
Egypt
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
Officine Maraldi S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Name
H.U. Gas Filling Plant Aswan-Usama Abdallah and Co.
Place of business
Egypt
Category of goods
69: Manufactures of metals, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Cisterns and related accessories
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 33(1)(a); Art. 38; Art. 39
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3; Art. 6; Art. 30; Art. 35(1); Art. 46; Art. 53
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 4; Art. 7
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This decision is cited by 1
Instalaciones y Fabricaciones Industriales, S.A. v. PM di Pizzolato Giorgio & C., S.A.S.
Juzgado de Primera Instancia No. 1 de Fuenlabrada (Court of First Instance No. 1 of Fuenlabrada)
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Spain, 11 May 2012 – 398/2011 / 114/2012, CISG-online 2464
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
090216i3
Comment on this decision 1
Edoardo Ferrante, 'Thirty Years of CISG: International Sales, Italian Style', 5 Italian Law Journal (Italian L.J.) (2019), 87–130, at 122 [– in English]
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