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CISG-online number
2588
Case name
Replacement parts for ships 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. Gabriele Hessel (Judge), Dr. Wilhelm-Albrecht Achilles (Judge)
Date of decision
25 March 2015
Case nr./docket nr.
VIII ZR 125/14
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Cyprus
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Replacement parts for ships case
Landgericht Hamburg (District Court Hamburg)
Germany, 28 June 2013 – 404 HKO 23/12, CISG-online 2883
Replacement parts for ships case
Oberlandesgericht Hamburg (Court of Appeal Hamburg)
Germany, 14 February 2014 – 14 U 126/13, CISG-online 2884
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Place of business
Cyprus
Category of goods
69: Manufactures of metals, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Various replacement parts for ships
CISG applicable
left open
CISG applied
CISG and domestic German law applied alternatively
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3(2); Art. 4; Art. 8; Art. 11; Art. 14; Art. 18(2); Art. 19(1); Art. 19(2); Art. 19(3); Art. 33(c); Art. 81(1)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 23
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Formation of party agreement on dispute resolution clause
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Plastic granulate case
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Inta S.A. v. MCS Officina Meccania S.p.A.
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Decision published in 6
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) (2015), 2584
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) (2015), 1545
BetriebsBerater (BB) (2015), 1418–1424
Wertpapiermitteilungen Teil IV – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WM) (2015), 1580–1588
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2015), 157–166
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2015), 445–451
Comment on this decision 1
Michael P. Van Alstine, 'The Unified Field Solution to the Battle of the Forms Under the U.N. Sales Convention', 62 William & Mary Law Review (Wm. & Mary L. Rev.) (2020), 213–286, at 277–278 [– in English]  
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Original language: German