CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Netherlands 9 February 1999 Appellate Court Arnhem (Kunsthaus Mathias Lempertz v. Wilhelmina van der Geld)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/990209n1.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 DECISION: 19990209 (9 February 1999)

JURISDICTION: Netherlands

TRIBUNAL: Hof Arnhem [Hof = Gerechthof = District Appeal Court]

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 97/805

CASE NAME: Kunsthaus Mathias Lempertz OHG v. Wilhelmina van der Geld

CASE HISTORY: 1st instance Rb Arnhem 17 July 1997 [affirmed, on different grounds]

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands (defendant)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Germany (plaintiff)

GOODS INVOLVED: A painting

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: No

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Article 6

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

6A [Exclusion of Convention by contract: buyer's standard terms applied German law excluding the CISG]

Descriptors: Choice of law ; Exclusion of Convention

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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=452&step=Abstract>

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Dutch): Nederlands Internationaal Privatrecht (1999) No. 244, 309-313; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=452&step=FullText>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

Unavailable