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CISG-online number
1889
Case name
Boiler case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Hon. Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Danzl (Presiding Judge), Dr. Anton Spenling (Judge), Hon.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kuras (Judge), Mag. Jörg Ziegelbauer (Judge), Dr. Marlies Glawischnig (Judge)
Date of decision
02 April 2009
Case nr./docket nr.
8 Ob 125/08b
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Boiler case
Landesgericht Steyr (District Court Steyr)
Austria, 29 January 2008 – 4 Cg 146/05m-45, CISG-online 3160
Boiler case
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 25 July 2008 – 3 R 46/08t-49, CISG-online 3521
affirming in part, reversing in part
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Manufacturer
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
81: Prefabricated buildings; sanitary plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures and fittings, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Boiler and accessory parts
CISG applicable
no, Art. 6 (exclusion by the parties in their sales contract)
CISG applied
parallel application of domestic Austria law and the CISG
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Austrian law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 6
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 38; Art. 39(1)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 8
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Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2009), 246–250 [Full text – in German]
Juristische Blätter (JBl) (2009), 647 [Full text – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2009:0080OB00125.08B.0402.000
CLOUT number
1057
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
090402a3
Comment on this decision 1
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 75 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 1057 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Daniel Nagel