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CISG-online number
2324
Case name
Republic Bank Ltd. v. ETECSA
Jurisdiction
Cuba
Court
Tribunal Supremo Popular (Cuban Supreme Court)
Chamber
Sala de lo Económico (Chamber for commercial matters)
Date of decision
16 June 2008
Case nr./docket nr.
97-0150
Claimant 1
Name
Republic Bank Limited
Place of business
Cuba
Role in transaction
Seller’s assignee
Respondent 1
Name
Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA)
Place of business
Cuba
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Republic Bank Ltd. v. ETECSA
Tribunal Provincial Popular de Ciudad de La Habana
Cuba, 23 May 2006 – 181, CISG-online 4246
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
ISTATEL Telecom
Place of business
South Africa
Buyer 1
Name
Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA)
Place of business
Cuba
Category of goods
76: Telecommunications and sound-recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment
Goods as per contract
Mobile communications equipment
CISG applicable
yes, due to parties' choice of the law of a CISG Contracting State
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Cuban law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 6; Art. 25; Art. 35; Art. 49; Art. 74; Art. 79
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
080616cu
Comment on this decision 1
Attilio M. Costabel, 'International Sales of Goods in Cuba Under the CISG Convention', 32(3) International Law Quarterly (Fall 2016), 30 at 31 [– in English]  
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: Spanish