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CISG-online number
2239
Case name
Video surveillance systems case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Brigitte Schenk (Presiding Judge), Dr. Erich Schwarzenbacher (Judge), Dr. Friedrich Jensik (Judge), Dr. Gottfried Musger (Judge), Dr. Manfred Vogel (Judge)
Date of decision
22 November 2011
Case nr./docket nr.
4 Ob 159/11b
Claimant 1
Name
E[...] GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
A[...] GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Video surveillance systems case
Landesgericht Linz (District Court Linz)
Austria, 23 June 2010 – 5 Cg 176/06m-62, CISG-online 3008
Video surveillance systems case
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 18 May 2011 – 1 R 181/10h, CISG-online 2443
affirming in part, reversing in part
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
A[...] GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Name
E[...] GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Category of goods
88: Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, not elsewhere specified; watches and clocks
Goods as per contract
2 video surveillance systems to be installed in ice cream parlors
Price
24'539.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 25; Art. 80
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 47(2); Art. 49(1)(a)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 3(1); Art. 3(2)
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Decision published in 3
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2012), 114–117 [Full text – in German]
Österreichische Juristen-Zeitung (ÖJZ) (2012), 271 [ – in German]
Evidenzblatt (EvBl) 2012/39,
CLOUT number
1519
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
111122a3
Comments on this decision 2
Harald Friedl & Georg Wilhelm, 'Wesentliche Vertragsverletzung iSd UN-K (CISG) - Recht zur zweiten Andienung', ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (2012), 872 [– in German]
Friederike Schäfer, 'Wesentliche Vertragsverletzung und Behebbarkeit einer Vertragswidrigkeit iRd Art 25 CISG', ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (2012), 864 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2