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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
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Turkey
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Medical equipment case II
Landgericht Hamburg (District Court Hamburg)
Germany, 03 March 2010 – 401 O 99/08, CISG-online 1565
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Place of business
Turkey
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
Multimedia recorders case
Oberlandesgericht Celle (Court of Appeal Celle)
Germany, 24 July 2009 – 13 W 48/09, CISG-online 1906
Industrial tools case
Oberlandesgericht Oldenburg (Court of Appeal Oldenburg)
Germany, 20 December 2007 – 8 U 138/07, CISG-online 1644
Storage facility furnishing case
Oberlandesgericht Köln (Court of Appeal Cologne)
Germany, 21 December 2005 – 16 U 47/05, CISG-online 1201
Machinery case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 31 October 2001 – VIII ZR 60/01, CISG-online 617
Dynamic page printer case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 04 December 1996 – VIII ZR 306/95, CISG-online 260
Industrial ink-jet printers case I
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Germany, 17 September 1993 – 2 U 1230/91, CISG-online 91
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
100715g1
Comment on this decision 1
Amin Dawwas, 'CISG-Applicability before National Judiciary in Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar and Jordan', 8(1) Access to Justice in Eastern Europe (AJEE) (2025), 1–35, at 25 [– in English]  
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