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CISG-online number
2656
Case name
Chinese wire rod case II
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Judges
Dr. George Daetwyler (Presiding Judge), Flurina Schorta (Judge), Hans Dietschweiler (Judge), Peter Ernst Zwicky (Judge), Dr. Samuel Gernet (Judge), Susanna Schneider (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
17 September 2014
Case nr./docket nr.
HG130167-O/U
Claimant 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Chinese wire rod case I
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Switzerland, 03 April 2013 – HG100045-O/U/dz, CISG-online 2562
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
Present decision
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, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(2), Art. 8(1), Art. 8(2), Art. 8(3), Art. 25, Art. 34, Art. 35(1), Art. 35(2), Art. 38(1), Art. 38(2), Art. 39, Art. 49(1)(a), Art. 49(1)(b), Art. 49(2), Art. 74, Art. 75, Art. 77
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 40, Art. 46(2), Art. 50, Art. 53, Art. 61(1), Art. 78
Legal issues regarding Incoterms addressed
Effect on importance of delivery’s timeliness under CISG contract; Ground for buyer’s right to reject non-conforming documents
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 6
Chinese wire rod case I
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 23 September 2013 – 4A 264/2013, CISG-online 2560
Filling and packaging plant case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 18 May 2009 – 4A_68/2009, CISG-online 1900
Industrial furnace case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 13 November 2007 – 4A 362/2007, CISG-online 1618
Used textile cleaning machine case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 13 November 2003 – 4C.198/2003, CISG-online 840
FCF S.A. v. Adriafil Commerciale S.r.l. (Egyptian cotton case II)
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 15 September 2000 – 4C.105/2000, CISG-online 770
Frozen meat case for Egypt case I
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 28 October 1998 – 4C.179/1998, CISG-online 413
This decision is cited by 1
Danish rugs case
Handelsgericht des Kantons Bern/Tribunal de Commerce du Canton de Berne (Commercial Court Canton Bern)
Switzerland, 23 January 2018 – HG 17 98, CISG-online 3382
Comment on this decision 1
Thomas Mayer, 'Rechtsprechung zum Wiener Kaufrecht in der Schweiz', Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2015), 655–706, at 656–686 [– in German]
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