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CISG-online number
1906
Case name
Multimedia recorders case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Celle (Court of Appeal Celle)
Chamber
13. Zivilsenat (13th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
24 July 2009
Case nr./docket nr.
13 W 48/09
Claimant 1
Name
a. t. AG
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
A[...] GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Multimedia recorders case
Landgericht Verden (District Court Verden)
Germany, 27 May 2009 – 9 O 84/07, CISG-online 3004
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
a. t. AG
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Name
A[...] GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Category of goods
76: Telecommunications and sound-recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment
Goods as per contract
Multimedia recorders
Price
14'961.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(3); Art. 7(1); Art. 14; Art. 18
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Duty to inform the other party; Formation of party agreement on dispute resolution clause; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Parties‘ duty to cooperate
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Editorial remark
by Ulrich G. Schroeter
The present decision deals mainly with the question whether the German seller and Austrian buyer had agreed on a forum selection clause contained in the seller's standard terms in accordance with Art. 23(1) of the Brussels I Regulation. In this context, the Court of Appeal also outlines and applies the requirements of an incorporation of standard terms under the CISG (in paras. 17–19 of the decision).
Decision published in 12
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift – Rechtsprechungs-Report (NJW-RR) (2010), 136–138 [Full text – in German]
Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (EuZW) (2010), 118–120 [Full text – in German]
Neue Justiz (NJ) (2010), 37–38 [Abstract – in German]
OLG-Report (OLGR) Celle (2009), 787–790 [Full text – in German]
Kommunikation und Recht (K&R) (2009), 655–657 [Full text – in German]
Niedersächsische Rechtspflege (NdsRpfl) (2009), 353–355 [Full text – in German]
Computer und Recht (CR) (2010), 17–19 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2010), 164–166 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2009), No. 181, 469–473 [Full text – in German]
MultiMedia und Recht (MMR) (2009), 799 [Leitsatz (headnote) – in German]
Der IT-Rechtsberater (ITRB) (2010), 82–83 [Full text – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2010), 81–84 [Full text – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:OLGCE:2009:0724.13W48.09.0A
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
090724g1
Comments on this decision 3
Sebastian Jungemeyer, 'Keine Vereinbarung eines internationalen Gerichtsstandes durch bloßen Verweis auf AGB im Internet', Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2010), 164–168 [– in German]
Anna-Julka Lilja, 'Anmerkung zu OLG Celle, 24.7.2009 – 13 W 48/09', Neue Justiz (NJ) (2010), 38 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 314 [– in German]
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