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CISG-online number
2594
Case name
Carel Electronic Suzhou Co. Ltd. v. SY.DE.CO. S.r.l.
Jurisdiction
Italy
Court
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Date of decision
12 November 2012
Case nr./docket nr.
616/2011
Claimant 1
Name
Carel Electronic Suzhou Co. Ltd.
Place of business
China
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
SY.DE.CO. s.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
SY.DE.CO. s.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Name
Carel Electronic Suzhou Co. Ltd.
Place of business
China
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Industrial equipment (loaders for industrial machines)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 25; Art. 74; Art. 77
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 95
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(1); Art. 33; Art. 75
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 1(2); Art. 8(2); Art. 30; Art. 49(1)(a); Art. 53; Art. 92; Art. 93
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Definition of 'contract of sale'
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Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2013), 161–166 [Full text (translation) – in English]
Comment on this decision 1
Ulrich Magnus, 'UN-Kaufrecht: Konsolidierung und Ausbau nach innen und gleichzeitig Erodierung von außen? Aktuelles zum CISG', Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (ZEuP) (2015), 159–180, at 176 [– in German]
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