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CISG-online number
2474
Case name
Electric heaters case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
VIII. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)
Judges
Wolfgang Ball (Presiding Judge), Dr. Bernhard Schneider (Judge), Dr. Karin Milger (Judge), Dr. Rhona Fetzer (Judge), Dr. Wilhelm-Albrecht Achilles (Judge)
Date of decision
23 October 2013
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 423/12
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer's (alleged) acting director
Case History
Electric heaters case
Landgericht Heilbronn (District Court Heilbronn)
Germany, 12 August 2011 – 8 O 367/10 Ka, CISG-online 3232
Electric heaters case
Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart (Court of Appeal Stuttgart)
Germany, 30 January 2012 – 5 U 128/11, CISG-online 3233
Present decision reversing and remanding in part, affirming in part
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Electric heaters
Price
18'195.42 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 7(2) (prerequisites for estoppel (‚Verwirkung’) to be determined in accordance with general principles underlying the CISG)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 53
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7(1)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 4 (limitation period not governed by the CISG)
This decision is cited by 3
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Germany, 08 December 2015 – 5 U 1042/12, CISG-online 2664
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Germany, 16 September 2015 – VIII ZR 17/15, CISG-online 2665
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Decision published in 9
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) (2013), 99
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) (2014), 29
Wertpapiermitteilungen Teil IV – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WM) (2014), 74
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (2014), 265
BetriebsBerater (BB) (2014), 207
Der Betrieb (DB) (2014), 46
Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht (NZG) (2014), 511
Neue Zeitschrift für Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht (NZI) (2014), 81
Neue Zeitschrift für Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht (NZI) (2014), 108
Comment on this decision 1
Silke Goschler, 'Rechtszersplitterung als Nebenwirkung des CISG: Anmerkung zu BGH v. 23.10.2013 - VIII ZR 423/12', BetriebsBerater (BB) (2014), 210 [– in German]
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Original language: German