CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Belgium 26 May 2004 District Court Kortrijk (NV Garage Ma Camopagne v. Riverside Vehicle Rental Ltd.)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/040526b1.html]

Case Table of Contents

• Case identification
• Case outline
• 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: 20040526 (26 May 2004)

JURISDICTION: Belgium

TRIBUNAL: Rechtbank van Koophandel [District Court] Kortrijk

JUDGE(S): L. Vandenbroucke, J. Dejaegher, J. Bral

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: AR 4143/2003

CASE NAME: NV Garage Ma Campagne v. Riverside Vehicle Rental Ltd.

CASE HISTORY: Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Belgium (plaintiff)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: United Kingdom (defendant)

GOODS INVOLVED: Cars

Case outline

Reproduced with permission of CISG-Belgium database of Katholieke Universitiet Leuven

"Application of CISG accepted by both parties -- Time of delivery -- determined by contract -- not achieved because of attitude of buyer -- Mitigating loss -- seller resold cars to third party -- cannot lead to avoidance of contract -- Damages -- to be reduced by amount received from reselling cars"

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles 33 ; 34 ; 60 ; 77

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

Unavailable

Descriptors: Unavailable

Editorial remarks

• Unavailable

Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

CITATIONS TO ABSTRACTS OF DECISION

(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable

(b) Other abstracts

Unavailable

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Dutch): CISG-Belgium database of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven <http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/ipr/eng/cases/2004-05-26.html>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

Unavailable