CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Switzerland 13 January 2004 Supreme Court (Menthol USP brand crystals case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/040113s1.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: 20040113 (13 January 2004)

JURISDICTION: Switzerland

TRIBUNAL: Bundesgericht [ = BGer = Supreme Court]

JUDGE(S): Corboz (president), Walter, Favre

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 4C.245/2003/ech

CASE NAME: Unavailable

CASE HISTORY: 1st instance Tribunal de première instance de Genève 24 October 2002; 2d instance Cour de justice de Genève 20 June 2003

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Germany

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Switzerland

GOODS INVOLVED: Menthol USP brand crystals

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Article 35 [Also cited: Articles 45 ; 46 ; 50 ]

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

35B ; 35D [Conformity of goods: requirements implied by law; Other issues concerning conformity of goods: burden of proof]

Descriptors: Conformity of goods ; Burden of proof

Editorial remarks

• Unavailable

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=978&step=Abstract>

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (French): CISG-online.ch website <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/838.pdf>; Internet website of the Swiss Supreme Court <http://www.bger.ch>; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=978&step=FullText>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: [2005] Schlechtriem & Schwenzer ed., Commentary on UN Convention on International Sale of Goods, 2d (English) ed., Oxford University Press, Art. 35 para. 49

French: Claude Witz, Recueil Dalloz, No. 33 / 7218 (22 September 2005) 2286-2287, 2291