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CISG-online number
2562
Case name
Chinese wire rod case I
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Judges
Dr. Heinrich Andreas Müller (Presiding Judge), Bruno Welti (Judge), Flurina Schorta (Judge), Hannes von Orelli (Judge), Hans Dietschweiler (Judge), Roger Büchi (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
03 April 2013
Case nr./docket nr.
HG100045-O/U/dz
Claimant 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Present decision
Chinese wire rod case I
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 23 September 2013 – 4A 264/2013, CISG-online 2560
reversing and remanding
Chinese wire rod case II
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Switzerland, 17 September 2014 – HG130167-O/U, CISG-online 2656
Chinese wire rod case II
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 02 April 2015 – 4A_614/2014, CISG-online 2592
reversing in part
Seller 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Place of business
Italy
Category of goods
67: Iron and steel
Goods as per contract
5,000 metric tons of wire rod SAE 1008B (calibre: 6.5 mm) and 2,000 metric tons of wire rod SAE 1008B (calibre: 8 mm)
Price
7'350'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, agreement of the parties
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 8(3); Art. 25; Art. 35(1); Ar. 39(1); Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 49(2)(b); Art. 53; Art. 61(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 74; Art. 76; Art. 77
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Industrial furnace case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 13 November 2007 – 4A 362/2007, CISG-online 1618
This decision is cited by 1
Frigera N.V. v. D.E.C. S.r.l.
Parket bij het Hof van Cassatie/Parquet près la Cour de Cassation (Advocate General at the Belgian Supreme Court)
Belgium, 06 June 2024 – C.23.0431.N, CISG-online 7066
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