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CISG-online number
2513
Case name
Bowling alleys case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
VIII. Zivilsenat (8th panel for civil matters)
Judges
Dr. Karin Milger (Presiding Judge), Dr. Bernhard Schneider (Judge), Frank Kosziol (Judge), Dr. Ralph Bünger (Judge), Dr. Wilhelm-Albrecht Achilles (Judge)
Date of decision
28 May 2014
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 410/12
Claimant 1
Place of business
Belgium
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Bowling alleys case
Landgericht München I (District Court Munich I)
Germany, 27 January 2012 – 23 O 25846/09, CISG-online 1367
Bowling alleys case
Oberlandesgericht München (Court of Appeal Munich)
Germany, 10 December 2012 – 19 U 842/12, CISG-online 1476
reversing
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Place of business
Belgium
Category of goods
89: Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
20 bowling alleys
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4; Art. 8(2) (contra proferentem rule)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8(1); Art. 30; Art. 53
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1) (application of the CISG to a resale agreement)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Contra proferentem rule; Definition of 'contract of sale'
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Machinery case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 31 October 2001 – VIII ZR 60/01, CISG-online 617
Foil case I
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 25 November 1998 – VIII ZR 259/97, CISG-online 353
This decision cites the following CISG-AC Opinion 1
CISG-AC Opinion No. 13 ‘Inclusion of Standard Terms under the CISG’ (Rapporteur: Sieg Eiselen), adopted by the CISG Advisory Council following its 17th meeting in Philadelphia (USA) on 20 January 2013
Decision published in 10
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (2014), 1014–1015
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift – Rechtsprechungs-Report (NJW-RR) (2014), 1202–1204
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2014), 609–611
Wertpapiermitteilungen Teil IV – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WM) (2014), 1871–1874
BetriebsBerater (BB) (2014), 2513–2514
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2014), 184–187
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) (2014), 2036–2039
Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis (AW-Prax) (2014), 359–360
Versicherungsrecht (VersR) (2014), 1382–1384
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2014), 91–95
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
140528g1
Comments on this decision 4
Olga Blaszczyk, 'BB-Kommentar: "Augen auf bei internationalem Kauf! Auch bei Leasing." - Zugleich Anmerkung zu einer Entscheidung des BGH, Urteil vom 28.5.2014 (VIII ZR 410/12, BB 2014, 2513)', BetriebsBerater (BB) (2014), 2515 [– in German]
Martin Schmidt-Kessel & Max Blüher, 'Anmerkung zu BGH, 28.5.2014 – VIII ZR 410/12', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (2014), 681–682 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, 'Rückkaufvereinbarungen und “contra proferentem”-Regel unter dem UN-Kaufrecht', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2014), 173–179 [– in German]  
Klaus Vorpeil, 'Anmerkung', Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis (AW-Prax) (2014), 360 [– in German]
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Original language: German
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