Belgium 16 March 1994 District Court Hasselt (Schobo v. Mols)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/940316b1.html]
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CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: A.R. 3952/93
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CASE HISTORY: Unavailable
SELLER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands (plaintiff)
BUYER'S COUNTRY: Belgium (defendant)
GOODS INVOLVED: Unavailable
Reproduced with permission from CISG-Belgium database of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Application of the CISG - Rules of Private International Law of the forum referring to law of Contracting State (Article 1(1)(b)) - Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Hague Conference, June 15, 1955)
Temporal applicability of CISG - Article 100 CISG - In respect of formation of contract - Uniform Sales Law of 1964 applicable to first delivery - CISG applicable to following deliveries
Interest - Article 78 CISG - Interest rate - Statutory rate of creditor’s country
Case outline
APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes [Articles 1(1)(b), 100] [ULIS applicable to first delivery, CISG applicable to following deliveries]
APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES
Key CISG provisions at issue: Article
Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:
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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=267&step=Abstract>
CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION
Original language (Dutch): CISG-Belgium database of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven <http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/ipr/eng/cases/1994-03-16.html>; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=267&step=FullText>
Translation: Unavailable
CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION
Dutch: Erauw, [1998] Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht (TvP 35) 1369 [1512 No. 254]
English: Article 78 and rate of interest: Mazzotta, Endless disagreement among commentators, much less among courts (2004) [citing this case and 275 other court and arbitral rulings]
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