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CISG-online number
1980
Case name
Pamesa Ceramica v. Yisrael Mendelsohn Ltd.
Jurisdiction
Israel
Court
Supreme Court of Israel
Judges
E. Rivlin (Presiding Judge), E. Rubinstein (Reporting judge), A. Grunis (Judge)
Date of decision
17 March 2009
Case nr./docket nr.
CA 7833/06, CA 8125/06, CA 8495/06
Claimant 1
Name
Pamesa Ceramica
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 2
Name
Yisrael Mendelsohn Engineering Technical Supply Ltd.
Place of business
Israel
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Yaakov and Tovi Eisenberger Building and Public Works Co. Ltd
Place of business
Israel
Role in transaction
Sub-buyer of the goods (not party to the international sales contract)
Case History
Pamesa Ceramica v. Yisrael Mendelsohn Ltd.
District Court Haifa
Israel, 20 August 2006 – CC 137/01, CISG-online 3411
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Seller 1
Name
Pamesa Ceramica
Place of business
Spain
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Yisrael Mendelsohn Engineering Technical Supply Ltd.
Place of business
Israel
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
66: Non-metallic mineral manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Ceramic floor tiles
CISG applicable
no, but applicability of ULIS
CISG applied
ULIS applied, with references to CISG
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 4 (relationship of the CISG and domestic tort law)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 39; Art. 40
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 38; Art. 49
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Relationship of CISG to tort liability under domestic law
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Decision published in 1
Israeli Law Reports (IsrLR) (2009), 27–83 [Full text (translation) – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
090317i5
Comments on this decision 7
Abdullah S. Alaoudh, 'The Notice Requirement of Article 39 and Islamic Law: Developed vs. Developing Countries', 26(4) Arab Law Quarterly (2012), 481–498, at 489–490 [– in English]
Morten M. Fogt, 'The Knowledge Test Under the CISG – A Global Threefold Distinction of Negligence, Gross Negligence and De Facto Knowledge', 34 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (2015), 23–111, at 80–81 [– in English]  
Joseph Lookofsky, 'The CISG in Denmark and Danish Courts', 80 Nordic Journal of International Law (2011), 295–320, at 310 [– in English]  
Joseph Lookofsky, 'Persuasive Pamesa: Not Running Wild with the CISG', in: Henning Koch, Karsten Hagel-Sørensen, Ulrich Haltern & Joseph H.H. Weiler (eds.), Europe – The New Legal Realism: Essays in Honour of Hjalte Rasmussen, Copenhagen: DJØF Publishing (2010), 413–435 [– in English]
Djakhongir Saidov, 'A ULIS echo in the CISG world: Pamesa Ceramica v. Yisrael Mendelson', Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (LMCLQ) (2010), 201–207 [– in English]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, 'Defining the Borders of Uniform International Contract Law: The CISG and Remedies for Innocent, Negligent, or Fraudulent Misrepresentation', 58 Villanova Law Review (Vill. L. Rev.) (2013), 553–587, at 559–560 [– in English]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 158 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
Language: English
Creator of abstract
Arie Reich
Full text of decision
Original language: Hebrew
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
[2009] Israel Law Reports 27-83