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CISG-online number
2961
Case name
Potato chips plant case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Chamber
7. Zivilsenat (7th panel for civil matters)
Judges
Dr. Wolfgang Eick (Presiding Judge), Prof. Dr. Andreas Jurgeleit (Judge), Birgit Borris (Judge), Christiane Graßnack (Judge), Claus Halfmeier (Judge)
Date of decision
07 December 2017
Case nr./docket nr.
VII ZR 101/14
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller's insolvency administrator
Case History
Potato chips plant case
Landgericht Magdeburg (District Court Magdeburg)
Germany, 11 January 2006 – 10 O 1474/03, CISG-online 2986
Potato chips plant case
Oberlandesgericht Naumburg (Oberlandesgericht des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt) (Court of Appeal Naumburg)
Germany, 25 June 2009 – 1 U 14/06, CISG-online 2960
Present decision reversing
Seller 1
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Plant for the production of potato chips
Price
5'900'000.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
no, Art. 3(2)
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 3(2); Art. 6
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3(1); Art. 39(1)
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Decision published in 10
217 Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen (BGHZ) 103–119 [Full text – in German]
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) (2018), 130–134 [Full text – in German]
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR) (2018), 200–202 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (2018), 294–298 [Full text – in German]
Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht (GWR) (2018), 32 [Abstract – in German]
Zeitschrift für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht (IWRZ) (2018), 78–79 [Abstract – in German]
baurecht (BauR) (2018), 529–535 [Full text – in German]
Zeitschrift für Vertriebsrecht (ZVertriebsR) (2018), 153–158 [Full text – in German]
Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis (AW-Prax) (2018), 503–504 [Text (excerpt) – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2017), Nr. 316, 661–665 [Full text – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:BGH:2017:071217UVIIZR101.14.0
Comments on this decision 3
Patrick Ostendorf, 'Praxishinweis zu BGH, 7.12.2017 – VII ZR 101/14', Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht (GWR) (2018), 32 [– in German]
Burghard Piltz, 'Überwiegen nicht kaufrechtlicher Pflichten: Anmerkung zu BGH, 7.12.2017 – VII ZR 101/14', Zeitschrift für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht (IWRZ) (2018), 78–80 [– in German]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 103 [– in German]
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Original language: German