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CISG-online number
2476
Case name
Hiking guidebooks case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Landgericht Köln (District Court Cologne)
Chamber
8. Kammer für Handelssachen (8th chamber for commercial matters)
Date of decision
29 May 2012
Case nr./docket nr.
88 O 57/11
Claimant 1
Respondent 1
Case History
Seller 1
Buyer 1
Category of goods
89: Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
124,104 hiking guidebooks (for eventual sale in a special promotion held by buyer’s customer, German supermarket chain Aldi)
Price
58'949.40 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, due to parties' choice of the law of a CISG Contracting State
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 25; Art. 74; Art. 75
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3(1); Art. 33(a); Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 77; Art. 78; Art. 79(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Recoverability of attorneys' fees as damages; Recoverability of extra-judicial collection costs
Legal issues regarding Incoterms addressed
Effect on importance of delivery’s timeliness under CISG contract
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 5
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
120529g1
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