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CISG-online number
2593
Case name
Rothelec S.A.S. v. Smeg S.p.A.
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour d'appel de Colmar (Court of Appeal Colmar)
Chamber
Première chambre civile, section A (First chamber for civil matters, section A)
Judges
Michel Hoffbeck (Presiding Judge), Christian Cuenot (Judge), Philippe Allard (Judge), Corinne Armspach-Sengle (Griffier)
Date of decision
23 November 2010
Case nr./docket nr.
1 A 09/03661
Claimant 1
Name
Smeg S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
Rothelec S.A.S.
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
E[...] F[...] SAS
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller's supplier (not party to the sales contract)
Case History
Smeg S.p.A. v. Rothelec S.A.S.
Tribunal de Grande Instance à Compétence Commerciale de Strasbourg
France, 25 June 2009, CISG-online 3342
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Smeg S.p.A. v. Rothelec S.A.S.
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
France, 27 November 2012 – 11-14588, CISG-online 2403
reversing and remanding in part, affirming in part
Seller 1
Name
Rothelec S.A.S.
Place of business
France
Buyer 1
Name
Smeg S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Category of goods
77: Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, not elsewhere specified, and electrical parts thereof (including non- electrical counterparts, not elsewhere specified, of electrical household-type equipment)
Goods as per contract
2,806 induction tables
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
French law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 39(1); Art. 39(2)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 7(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 38
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Liability for sudden termination of a commercial relationship (rupture brutale des relations commerciales); Role of good faith in CISG cases; Unitary non-conformity concept of the CISG
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: French