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CISG-online number
3141
Case name
Dupiré Invicta Industrie SA v. Gabo Sp. z o.o.
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour d'appel de Reims (Court of Appeal Reims)
Chamber
Chambre civile, 1ère section (Chamber for civil matters, 1st section)
Judges
Dominique Hascher (Presiding Judge), Hussenet (Judge), Dias da Silva Jarry (Judge), Thomas (Griffier)
Date of decision
04 September 2012
Case nr./docket nr.
11/02698
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
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Dupiré Invicta industrie v. Gabo Sp. z o.o.
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
France, 17 February 2015 – 12-29550, 13-18956, 13.20230, CISG-online 2598
reversing and remanding in part, affirming in part
Related Case
Gabo Sp. z o.o. v. Dupiré Invicta Industrie SA
Cour d'appel de Reims (Court of Appeal Reims)
France, 04 September 2012 – 11/01802, CISG-online 5390
(Appellate decision of the same date between the same parties in reversed roles)
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
(Domestic) law applied in addition
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 1(1) (applicability of CISG to exclusive distribution agreement); Art. 7(1); Art. 7(2) (hardship under the CISG)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 25
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(3); Art. 9
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 79 (hardship under the CISG)
Comment on this decision 1
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]
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: French