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CISG-online number
3906
Case name
Electronic electricity meters case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Appellationsgericht Basel-Stadt (Court of Appeal Canton Basel-Stadt)
Judges
lic. iur. André Equey (Judge), Dr. Claudius Gelzer (Judge), Dr. Marie-Louise Stamm (Judge), Dr. Olivier Steiner (Judge), Prof. Dr. Ramon Mabillard (Judge), PD Dr. Benedikt Seiler (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
24 August 2018
Case nr./docket nr.
ZB.2017.20 (AG.2018.557)
Claimant 1
Name
IWB Industrielle Werke Basel
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
Iskraemeco d.d.
Place of business
Slovenia
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Iskraemeco Schweiz AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Electronic electricity meters case
Zivilgericht Basel-Stadt (Court of First Instance Basel-Stadt)
Switzerland, 26 October 2016 – K5.2015.2, CISG-online 3904
Present decision reversing
Electronic electricity meters case
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Switzerland, 28 May 2019 – 4A_543/2018, CISG-online 4463
affirming
Sellers 2
Name
Iskraemeco d.d.
Place of business
Slovenia
Name
Iskraemeco Schweiz AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Name
IWB Industrielle Werke Basel
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
87: Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
35,000 electronic electricity meters
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 1(1)(a) (applicability of the CISG to multi-party contract); Art. 2(c); Art. 2(f); Art. 6; Art. 21(1)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 7(1); Art. 18(2)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8; Art. 39(2); Art. 45(1)(b)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(2); Art. 2(b); Art. 5; Art. 14 et seq.; Art. 14; Art. 18; Art. 23; Art. 27; Art. 35 et seq; Art. 36(2); Art. 39(2); Art. 45 et seq.; Art. 73
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Assignment of claims from CISG contract; Assumption of debt; Remedies under domestic law (notably rescission of contract, claim for damages) because of party's mistake (error) at contract formation; Selection of seller by public tender
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Editorial remark
The present decision has occasionally been published under the (incorrect) date of 17 April 2018. It was rendered on 28 August 2018.
Decision published in 2
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung (SJZ) / Revue Suisse de Jurisprudence (RSJ) (2019), 158–160 [Full text – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2019), 101–116 [Full text – in German]
Comments on this decision 3
Viola Heutger, 'Rechtsprechung zum Wiener Kaufrecht in der Schweiz', Swiss Review of International and European Law (SRIEL) (2019), 691–701, at 694–699 [– in German]
Thomas Koller, '„Ansprüche im Zusammenhang mit der vertraglichen Beschaffenheit des Kaufobjekts“ im Spannungsfeld zwischen UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) und nationalem Recht', Jusletter (11. Mai 2020) [– in German]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, 'Grenzfragen des Anwendungsbereichs und international einheitliche Auslegung des UN-Kaufrechts (CISG): Zugleich Anmerkung zu Appellationsgericht Basel-Stadt vom 24.8.2018 – ZB.2017.20 (AG.2018.557)', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2019), 133–136 [– in German]  
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Original language: German