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CISG-online number
2556
Case name
Corn case
Arbitral Tribunal
Международного коммерческого Арбитражного суда при ТПП Украины
(International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC))
Date of decision
23 January 2012
Case nr./docket nr.
218y/2011
Claimant 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Ukraine
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Place of business
Ukraine
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
4: Cereals and cereal preparations
Goods as per contract
Corn
CISG applicable
yes, due to parties' choice of the law of a CISG Contracting State in their contract
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Ukrainian law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 6; Art. 7; Art. 30; Art. 33; Art. 45(1); Art. 79(1)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Contractual force majeure clause; Parties’ duties regarding export clearance formalities
CLOUT number
1405
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
120123u5
Abstract of decision 1