CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Italy 13 December 2001 District Court Busto Arsizio (Machinery case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/011213i3.html]

Case Table of Contents

• Case identification
• Classification of issues present
• Editorial remarks
• Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

• Guide to links contained in case presentations

Case identification

DATE OF DECISION: 20011213 (13 December 2001)

JURISDICTION: Italy

TRIBUNAL: Tribunale [District Court] di Busto Arsizio

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: Unavailable

CASE NAME: Unavailable

CASE HISTORY: Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Italy (defendant)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Ecuador (plaintiff)

GOODS INVOLVED: Machinery for recycling of plastic bags

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes [Article 1(1)(a)]

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles 7(1) ; 25 ; 35 ; 39(1) ; 49(2)

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

7A3 [Observance of good faith];

25A [Effect of a fundamental breach: avoidance of contract]

35B3 [Conformity of goods to contract: quality of goods held out as sample or model];

39A ; 39A1 [Requirement to notify seller of lack of conformity: buyer must notify seller within reasonable time; Degree of specificity required];

49B1 [Buyer's right to avoid contract: buyer's loss of right to declare avoidance after delivery (failure to avoid within periods specified in art. 49(2)(a)&(b)]

Descriptors: Good faith ; Conformity of goods ; Lack of conformity notice, specificity; Lack of conformity notice, specificity ; Fundamental breach ; Avoidance

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Editorial remarks

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Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

CITATIONS TO ABSTRACTS OF DECISION

(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable

(b) Other abstracts

English: Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=927&step=Abstract>

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Italian): [2003] Rivista di Diritto Internazionale Privato e Processuale 150-155; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=927&step=FullText>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: Korpinen, On legal uncertainty regarding timely notification of avoidance of the sales contract (2004); CISG-AC advisory opinion on Examination of the Goods and Notice of Non-Conformity [7 June 2004] (this case and related cases cited in addendum to opinion); Spaic, Analysis of Fundamental Breach under the CISG (December 2006) n.303