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CISG-online number
2448
Case name
Medical equipment case II
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Hamburg (Court of Appeal Hamburg)
Chamber
13. Zivilsenat (13th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
15 July 2010
Case nr./docket nr.
13 U 54/10
Claimant 1
Respondent 1
Case History
Seller 1
Buyer 1
Category of goods
87: Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Medical equipment
Price
310'802.66 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8; Art. 14; Art. 39(1); Art. 57(1)(a) (jurisdiction)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 58(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 40
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(3); Art. 35; Art. 48; Art. 53; Art. 58(2); Art. 71; Art. 85; Art. 86(1); Art. 95
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 7(1); Art. 78
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Contracting party's right to withhold (suspend) performance; Distribution agreement; Formation of party agreement on dispute resolution clause; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Jurisdiction of the courts at the place of performance of obligations arising from a CISG contract under domestic procedural law; Role of good faith in CISG cases
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 6
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
100715g1
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