CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Germany 19 April 1996 District Court Aachen (Tannery machines case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/960419g1.html]

Primary source(s) for case presentation: CISG online case overview

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: 19960419 (19 April 1996)

JURISDICTION: Germany

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

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 43 O 70/95

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

CASE HISTORY: 2d instance OLG Köln 8 January 1997 [reversing in part]

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands [plaintiff]

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Germany [defendant]

GOODS INVOLVED: Tannery machines

Classification of issues present

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

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles 35(1) and 35(2) ; 65(1) ; 80 [Also cited: Articles 31 ; 33(b) ; 36(1) ; 39(1) ; 40 ; 45(1)(b) ; 71 ; 74 ]

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

English: Unilex database (presented with abstract of OLG Köln 8 January 1997)

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (German): cisg-online.ch <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/165.htm>; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=233&step=FullText>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: Ferrari, International Legal Forum (4/1998) 138-255 [243 n.985 (reference to Art. 40)]; 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); [2005] Schlechtriem & Schwenzer ed., Commentary on UN Convention on International Sale of Goods, 2d (English) ed., Oxford University Press, Art. 80 para. 6