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CISG-online number
2845
Case name
Italian knitwear case III
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Anton Spenling (Presiding Judge), Dr. Christoph Brenn (Judge), Dr. Martina Weixelbraun-Mohr (Judge), Dr. Sieglinde Tarmann-Prentner (Judge), Mag. Susanne Korn (Judge)
Date of decision
29 June 2017
Case nr./docket nr.
8 Ob 104/16a
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Italian knitwear case III
Handelsgericht Wien (Commercial Court Vienna)
Austria, 17 November 2015 – 41 Cg 32/14k-51, CISG-online 2987
Italian knitwear case III
Oberlandesgericht Wien (Court of Appeal Vienna)
Austria, 28 June 2016 – 4 R 14/16g-58, CISG-online 1522
reversing in part
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
84: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Goods as per contract
Knitwear
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 6; Art. 14 (inclusion of standard terms into the contract; 'making available' test); Art. 74 (cost for extra-judicial pursuit of CISG claims; costs for debt collection agency)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7(1); Art. 18; Art. 19(3)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 14
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Landgericht Aachen (District Court Aachen)
Germany, 22 June 2010 – 41 O 94/09, CISG-online 2162
StencilMaster 1621 case
Handelsgericht des Kantons St. Gallen (Commercial Court Canton St. Gallen)
Switzerland, 15 June 2010 – HG.2009.164, CISG-online 2159
Pharmaceutical products case III
Landgericht Potsdam (District Court Potsdam)
Germany, 07 April 2009 – 6 O 171/08, CISG-online 1979
Low carbon iron manganese case
Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (Court of Appeal Frankfurt am Main)
Germany, 24 March 2009 – 5 U 214/05, CISG-online 2165
Fresh-Life International B.V. v. Cobana Fruchtring GmbH & Co. KG
Rechtbank Rotterdam (District Court Rotterdam)
Netherlands, 25 February 2009 – 279354 / HAZA 07-576, CISG-online 1812
Industrial tools case
Oberlandesgericht Oldenburg (Court of Appeal Oldenburg)
Germany, 20 December 2007 – 8 U 138/07, CISG-online 1644
Strawberry plants case
Oberlandesgericht Köln (Court of Appeal Cologne)
Germany, 03 April 2006 – 16 U 65/05, CISG-online 1218
Tantalum powder case I
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Austria, 17 December 2003 – 7 Ob 275/03x, CISG-online 828
Italian fabrics case VI
Landgericht Berlin (District Court Berlin)
Germany, 21 March 2003 – 103 O 213/02, CISG-online 785
Machinery case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 31 October 2001 – VIII ZR 60/01, CISG-online 617
Debt collection agency costs case
Amtsgericht Tiergarten (Local Court Berlin-Tiergarten)
Germany, 13 March 1997 – 2 C 22/97, CISG-online 412
TORQMOTOR lawn-mower engines case
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Germany, 11 July 1996 – 6 U 152/95, CISG-online 201
Italian wine case IV
Landgericht Berlin (District Court Berlin)
Germany, 06 October 1992 – 103 O 70/92, CISG-online 173
Italian shoes case VI
Landgericht Frankfurt am Main (District Court Frankfurt am Main)
Germany, 16 September 1991 – 3/11 O 3/91, CISG-online 26
This decision is cited by 2
Ground mace case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 26 November 2020 – I ZR 245/19, CISG-online 5488
Electronic electricity meters case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 28 May 2019 – 4A_543/2018, CISG-online 4463
Decision published in 4
Juristische Blätter (JBl) (2017), 805
ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (2017), 989 [ – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2018), 19–22 [Full text – in German]
Sammlung Zivilsachen: Entscheidungen des Österreichischen Obersten Gerichtshofes in Zivilsachen (SZ) 2017/76,
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2017:0080OB00104.16A.0629.000
CLOUT number
1877
Comments on this decision 2
Katharina Auernig, Christian Koller, Katharina Plavec & Julius Schumann, 'Ersatz von außergerichtlichen Betreibungskosten nach dem CISG', ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (2017), 989 [– in German]
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 258–259 [– in English]  
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