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CISG-online number
2371
Case name
Spinning plant case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. zivilrechtliche Abteilung (1st department for civil law matters)
Judges
Kathrin Klett (Presiding Judge), Bernard Corboz (Judge), Christina Kiss (Judge), Gilbert Kolly (Judge), Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch (Judge), Dr. Claudius Gelzer (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
16 July 2012
Case nr./docket nr.
4A_753/2011
Claimant 1
Place of business
Indonesia
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Spinning plant case
Kantonsgericht Zug (Court of First Instance Canton Zug)
Switzerland, 14 December 2009 – A2 2001 105, CISG-online 2026
Spinning plant case
Obergericht des Kantons Zug (Court of Appeal Canton Zug)
Switzerland, 08 November 2011 – OG 2010 8, CISG-online 2425
Present decision reversing and remanding in part, affirming in part
Seller 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Place of business
Indonesia
Category of goods
98: Complete Factory
Goods as per contract
Entire spinning plant (including accessories, fans and air conditioning system), to be deinstalled in Switzerland and re-erected in Indonesia
Price
17'300'000.00 CHF (Swiss Francs)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 4; Art. 51
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(2); Art. 39(1); Art. 49(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3(2); Art. 50; Art. 76
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 7(2); Art. 8(3)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof; Definition of 'goods'; Domestic currency regulations; Limitation (prescription) period for claim arising under CISG contract; Standard of proof
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 6
Swiss watches case II
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 17 December 2009 – 4A_440/2009, CISG-online 2022
Filling and packaging plant case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 18 May 2009 – 4A_68/2009, CISG-online 1900
Cables and wires case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 07 July 2004 – 4C.144/2004, CISG-online 848
Menthol USP Brand crystals case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 13 January 2004 – 4C.245/2003, CISG-online 838
Used textile cleaning machine case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 13 November 2003 – 4C.198/2003, CISG-online 840
Battery machinery case
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Arbitration, 23 August 1994 – 7660 (Final Award), CISG-online 129
This decision is cited by 4
Punching line case
Bezirksgericht Willisau (Court of First Instance Willisau)
Switzerland, 12 June 2023 – 1A4 18 9, CISG-online 7179
Stolen wheel loader case
Kantonsgericht Zug (Court of First Instance Canton Zug)
Switzerland, 24 February 2022 – A3 2019 27, CISG-online 6285
Energy storage container case
Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent (Commercial Court Ghent)
Belgium, 29 April 2021, CISG-online 7101
PET rolls case
Kantonsgericht Zug (Court of First Instance Canton Zug)
Switzerland, 10 December 2020 – A3 2019 9, CISG-online 5926
Decision published in 1
138 Entscheidungen des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts (BGE) III, 601–610 [Text (excerpt) – in German]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
120716s1
Comments on this decision 4
Christoph Brunner & Markus Vischer, 'Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zum Kaufvertragsrecht im Jahr 2012 – "unpublizierte" und "publizierte" Entscheide', Jusletter (2. Dezember 2013), at no. 2–13 [– in German]  
Lara Elliott & Markus Vischer, 'Sachgesamtheiten unter den Regeln des CISG', CJN (Commentaire de jurisprudence numérique) / dRSK (Digitaler Rechtsprechungs-Kommentar) (30. Januar 2013), 1–3 [– in German]  
Marc André Mauerhofer, 'Die Abgrenzung von CISG und nationalem Recht im Beweis- und Verjährungsrecht - am Beispiel des Bundesgerichtsurteils 4A_753/2011 vom 16. Juli 2012', Aktuelle Juristische Praxis/Pratique Juridique Actuelle (AJP/PJA) (2013), 239–247 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 578 [– in German]
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Original language: German