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CISG-online number
2598
Case name
Dupiré Invicta industrie v. Gabo Sp. z o.o.
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
Judge
Agnès Mouillard (Presiding Judge)
Date of decision
17 February 2015
Case nr./docket nr.
12-29550, 13-18956, 13.20230
Claimant 1
Name
D2I (Dupiré Invicta Industrie) SA, formerly BH Industrie SA
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Gabo Sp. z o.o.
Place of business
Poland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Dupiré Invicta Industrie SA v. Gabo Sp. z o.o.
Tribunal de Commerce de Sedan (Commercial Court Sedan)
France, 17 May 2011, CISG-online 3998
Dupiré Invicta Industrie SA v. Gabo Sp. z o.o.
Cour d'appel de Reims (Court of Appeal Reims)
France, 04 September 2012 – 11/02698, CISG-online 3141
affirming in part, reversing in part
Present decision reversing and remanding in part, affirming in part
Seller 1
Name
D2I (Dupiré Invicta Industrie) SA, formerly BH Industrie SA
Place of business
France
Buyer 1
Name
Gabo Sp. z o.o.
Place of business
Poland
Role in trade
Distributor
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Heating devices
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 79
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7; Art. 8; Art. 25; Art. 74
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 9; Art. 11
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:FR:CCASS:2015:CO00193
CLOUT number
1501
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
150217f1
Comments on this decision 5
Tobias Eckardt, Ulrich Magnus & Burghard Piltz, 'Art. 79 CISG in der internationalen Rechtsprechung. Eine Auswahl französischer, schweizerischer, belgischer, US-amerikanischer, niederländischer und spanischer Entscheidungen', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2020), 140–149, at 141 [– in German]  
Franco Ferrari, Clayton P. Gillette, Marco Torsello & Steven D. Walt, 'The Inappropriate Use of the PICC to Interpret Hardship Claims under the CISG', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2017), 97–102 [– in English]
Yves-Marie Laithier, Revue des Contrats (RDC) (2015), 458 [– in French]
Luigi Montefusco, 'Interpreting the Conditions for Imprévision: The Goals of the Reform Projects as a Decisive Tool for French and Belgian Courts', 13 Journal of Civil Law Studies (J. Civ. L. Stud.) (2020), 193–247, at 240 [– in English]  
Claude Witz & Ben Köhler, 'Panorama: Droit uniforme de la vente internationale de marchandises (janvier 2015 – décembre 2016)', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2017), 613–625, at 623 [– in French]
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Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 1501 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French