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CISG-online number
2004
Case name
Tonnellerie Ludonnaise SA v. Anthon GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
Chamber
Chambre commerciale (Commercial chamber)
Date of decision
03 November 2009
Case nr./docket nr.
T 08-12.399
Claimant 1
Name
Tonnellerie Ludonnaise SA
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Anthon GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Tonnellerie Ludonnaise SA v. Anthon GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
Tribunal de Commerce de Bordeaux (Commercial Court Bordeaux)
France, 28 April 2003 – 2002F00159, CISG-online 2503
Tonnellerie Ludonnaise SA v. Anthon GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
Cour d'appel de Bordeaux (Court of Appeal Bordeaux)
France, 28 June 2004 – 03/02869, CISG-online 2501
reversing
Tonnellerie Ludonnaise SA v. Anthon GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
Cour d'appel de Bordeaux (Court of Appeal Bordeaux)
France, 15 October 2007 – 03/02869, CISG-online 2005
reversing
Present decision reversing and remanding
Tonnellerie Ludonnaise SA v. Anthon GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
Cour d'appel de Bordeaux (Court of Appeal Bordeaux)
France, 27 June 2011 – 09/07056, CISG-online 2595
Tonnellerie Ludonnaise SA v. Anthon GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
France, 27 November 2012 – 11-24358, CISG-online 2404
affirming
Seller 1
Name
Anthon GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Tonnellerie Ludonnaise SA
Place of business
France
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Stave manufacturing machine
Price
135'679.63 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 6; Art. 82
This decision is cited by 1
Electronic electricity meters case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 28 May 2019 – 4A_543/2018, CISG-online 4463
Decision published in 2
Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht/Revue de droit commercial belge (T.B.H./R.D.C.) (2010), 292 [Abstract – in Dutch]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2011), 105 [Full text (translation) – in German]
CLOUT number
1025
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
091103f1
Comments on this decision 3
Jean-Michel Jacquet, 'Conflits de lois. – Vente internationale de marchandises. – Conditions d'application de la Convention de Vienne. – Exclusion (non).', Journal du droit international (JDI or Clunet) (2010), 496–498 [– in French]
Günter Schmeel, 'OLG beachtet UN-Kaufrecht nicht: Urteil kassiert!', Immobilien & Baurecht (IBR) (2011), 1449 [– in German]
Claude Witz & Martin Hlawon, 'Der neueste Beitrag der französischen Cour de cassation zur Auslegung des CISG (2007-2010)', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2011), 93–108, at 93–95 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 1025 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French
Translation of decision
Language: English
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