Hungary 21 May 1996 Metropolitan Court
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Primary source(s) for case presentation: Michael R. Will; UNCITRAL abstract
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CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 12.G.75.693/1995/38
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SELLER'S COUNTRY: Sweden (plaintiff)
BUYER'S COUNTRY: Hungary (defendant)
GOODS INVOLVED: Unavailable
Case law on UNCITRAL texts (CLOUT) abstract no. 143
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The [seller], a Swedish company, sued the [buyer], a Hungarian company, requesting payment of price for the goods delivered. The [buyer] disputed the existence of a valid contract.
The court, noting that the parties had their places of business in different Contracting States of the CISG and that those States had ratified the Convention before the conclusion of the relevant contract between the [seller] and the [buyer], found the CISG to be applicable (art. 1(1)(a) and 100(2) CISG). Also noting that Sweden had accepted the Convention with a reservation concerning Part II (formation of the contract) (92(1) CISG), the court applied the provisions of the Hungarian private international law and found that Swedish law was applicable with regard to the formation of the contract.
Under the Swedish Act No. 28 of 1915, the contract had to be concluded in writing. The court found that the contract had in fact been concluded in writing, and, applying the CISG in all other respects, dismissed the defence of the [buyer] as unfounded and ordered the [buyer] to pay the price.
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APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes [Articles 1(1)(a) ; 100(2)]
APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES
Key CISG provisions at issue: Article
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Descriptors: Classification of issues present
English: Unilex database, 1996 [reproduction of CLOUT abstract]
Italian: [1998] Diritto del Commercio Internazionale 1108-1109 No. 215
Polish: Hermanowski/Jastrzebski, Konwencja Narodow Zjednoczonych o umowach miedzynarodowej sprzedazy towarow (Konwencja wiedenska) - Komentarz (1997) 297-298
CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION
Original language (Hungarian): Printed text may be obtained from UNCITRAL
Translation: Unavailable
CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION
English: Ferrari, International Legal Forum 4/1998) 138-255 [169 n.269 (effect of Art. 92 declaration)]; Flechtner, 17 Journal of Law and Commerce (1998) 194 n.23 [Art. 92]; [2005] Schlechtriem & Schwenzer ed., Commentary on UN Convention on International Sale of Goods, 2d (English) ed., Oxford University Press, Art. 1 para. 33 Art. 92 para. 3; Henschel, The Conformity of Goods in International Sales, Forlaget Thomson (2005)
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