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CISG-online number
4041
Case name
Austrian products case
Arbitral Tribunal
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Seat of the arbitration
Zurich (Switzerland)
Date of decision
2011
Case nr./docket nr.
17020 (Final Award)
Claimant 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Sri Lanka
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Place of business
Austria
Buyer 1
Place of business
Sri Lanka
Category of goods
100: Unspecified goods
Goods as per contract
Products (no further specification)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 27; Art. 64(1)(b); Art. 76(1); Art. 76(2); Art. 78
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 58(1); Art. 58(2); Art. 64(1)(a)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 26; Art. 61(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 2; Art. 53; Art. 54; Art. 62; Art. 63; Art. 74-77
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 4 (agency not governed by the CISG); Art. 25
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Decision published in 1
40 Yearbook Commercial Arbitration (Y.B. Com. Arb.) (2015), 294–323
Comment on this decision 1
Jean-Jacques Arnaldez, Yves Derains & Dominique Hascher (eds.), Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards/Recueil des sentences arbitrales de la CCI 2012–2015, Kluwer Law International (2019), at 621–648