CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Netherlands 20 February 1998 Supreme Court (Bronneberg v. Belvédère)
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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: 19980220 (20 February 1998)

JURISDICTION: Netherlands

TRIBUNAL: HR [= Hoge Raad = Supreme Court]

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 16.442

CASE NAME: W.M.J.M. Bronneberg v. Ceramica Belvédère S.p.A.

CASE HISTORY: 1st instance Rb 's-Hertogenbosch 4 February 1994 [affirmed], 2d instance Hof 's-Hertogenbosch 20 May 1996 [affirmed]

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Italy (plaintiff)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands (defendant)

GOODS INVOLVED: Floor tiles

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issues: Articles 38(1) ; 39(1) ; 59 ; 78 [Also cited: Article 44 ]

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

38A [Buyer's obligation to examine goods as soon as practicable in the circumstances];

39A [Requirement to notify seller of lack of conformity: buyer must notify seller within reasonable time; degree of specificity required];

59B [Payment due at time fixed or determinable by contract or Convention without need for request or other formality];

78A [Interest on delay in receiving price: rate determined pursuant to domestic law]

Descriptors: Examination of goods ; Lack of conformity notice, timeliness ; Lack of conformity notice, specificity ; Price ; 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=328&step=Abstract>

German: [1999] Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht 202-203

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Dutch):[1998] 16 Nederlands International Privaatrecht (NIPR) No. 214 [246-247]; [1998] Nederlands Jurisprudentie (NJ) No. 480 [2718-2726]; [1998] Nederlands Juristenblatz (NJB) 566-567; Unilex database [excerpt] <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=328&step=FullText>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: Bernstein & Lookofsky, Understanding the CISG in Europe, 2d ed., Kluwer (2003) § 4-9 n.149; Larry A. DiMatteo et al., 34 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business (Winter 2004) 299-440 at nn.405, 585; CISG-AC advisory opinion on Examination of the Goods and Notice of Non-Conformity [7 June 2004] (cases cited in addendum to opinion); [2004] S.A. Kruisinga, (Non-)conformity in the 1980 UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: a uniform concept?, Intersentia at 78, 119, 120; [2005] Schlechtriem & Schwenzer ed., Commentary on UN Convention on International Sale of Goods, 2d (English) ed., Oxford University Press, Art. 39 para. 6

French: Papandréou-Deterville, Recueil Dalloz (1998) 313-314