CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Germany 25 October 1994 District Court Darmstadt (Beef case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/941025g1.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 DECISIONS: 19941025 (25 October 1994)

JURISDICTION: Germany

TRIBUNAL: LG Darmstadt [LG = Landgericht = District Court]

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 18 O 848/92

CASE NAME: German case citations do not identify parties to proceedings

CASE HISTORY:Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Argentina (plaintiff)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Germany (defendant)

GOODS INVOLVED: Beef

Classification of issues present

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

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Article 78 [Also cited: Articles 30 ; 53 ]

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

78B [Rate of interest]

Descriptors: Interest

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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=508&step=Abstract>

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (German): cisg-online.ch website <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/357.htm>; [1994] Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des internationalen Privatrechts im Jahre (IPRspr) No. 144, 327-330; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=508&step=FullText>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: Liu Chengwei, Recovery of interest (November 2003) n.190; 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]