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CISG-online number
2022
Case name
Swiss watches case II
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
Ire Cour de droit civil
Judges
Kathrin Klett (Presiding Judge), Bernard Corboz (Judge), Christina Kiss (Judge), Gilbert Kolly (Judge), Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch (Judge)
Date of decision
17 December 2009
Case nr./docket nr.
4A_440/2009
Claimant 1
Place of business
Ukraine
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Swiss watches case II
Tribunal Cantonal de Neuchatel (Court of Appeal Canton Neuchatel)
Switzerland, 29 July 2009, CISG-online 3019
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Ukraine
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
88: Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, not elsewhere specified; watches and clocks
Goods as per contract
Swiss watches
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 74; Art. 75; Art. 77
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8; Art. 30; Art. 45(1)(b)
This decision is cited by 3
Punching line case
Bezirksgericht Willisau (Court of First Instance Willisau)
Switzerland, 12 June 2023 – 1A4 18 9, CISG-online 7179
Lighting control system case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 17 December 2018 – 4A_243/2018, CISG-online 4105
Spinning plant case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 16 July 2012 – 4A_753/2011, CISG-online 2371
Decision published in 3
136 Entscheidungen des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts (BGE) III, 56–59 [Text (excerpt) – in French]
ius.focus: Aktuelle Rechtsprechung kompakt (2010), No. 44,
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2011), 558–560 [Abstract – in German]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
091217s1
Comments on this decision 3
Christoph Brunner & Markus Vischer, 'Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zum Kaufvertragsrecht in den Jahren 2008 und 2009 – "unpublizierte" und "publizierte" Entscheide', Jusletter (26. Juli 2010), at no. 16–18 [– in German]  
Bundesamt für Justiz, 'Rechtsprechung zum Wiener Kaufrecht in der Schweiz', Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2011), 539–568, at 558–560 [– in German]
Florian Mohs, 'Art. 74, 75, 77 CISG; Beweissmass und Obliegenheit zum Abschluss eines Deckungsgeschäfts zur Schadensminderung: Urteilsanmerkung zu BGE 136 III 56', Aktuelle Juristische Praxis/Pratique Juridique Actuelle (AJP/PJA) (2011), 425–429 [– in German]
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: French
Translation of decision
Language: English
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