ICC Arbitration Case No. 8502 of November 1996 (Rice case) [English text]
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DATE OF DECISION:
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JUDGE(S):
CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 8502 of November 1996
CASE NAME:
CASE HISTORY: Unavailable
SELLER'S COUNTRY: Viet Nam (respondent)
BUYER'S COUNTRY: France and Netherlands (claimant)
GOODS INVOLVED: Rice
APPLICATION OF CISG: Contract contains no choice of law clause. Contract referred to Incoterms and UCP 500, which Tribunal concluded as evidence of intent to have contract governed by international trade usages and customs. Tribunal applied the CISG and UNIDROIT Principles as evidence of such usages and customs.
APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES
Key CISG provisions at issue:
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=395&step=Abstract>
CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION
Original language (English): ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Fall 1999) 72-74; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=395&step=FullText>
Translation: Unavailable
CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION
English: Liu Chengwei, Recovery of interest (November 2003) n.81
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