CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Belgium 28 April 1999 District Court Hasselt (Wallpaper case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/990428b1.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: 19990428 (28 April 1999)

JURISDICTION: Belgium

TRIBUNAL: Rechtbank van Koophandel [District Court for Commercial Matters] Hasselt

JUDGE(S): P. Vanhelmont; H. Warson; N. Bronckaers

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: A.R. 456/99

CASE NAME: E. B.V. v. M. N.V

CASE HISTORY: Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands (plaintiff)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Belgium (defendant)

GOODS INVOLVED: Wallpaper

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles 18 ; 74 ;78

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

Unavailable

Descriptors: Unavailable

Editorial remarks

Overview comments (CISG-Belgium database): "General conditions – not accepted – not part of contract. Damages – still allowed on basis of art. 74 of CISG – ex aequo et bono – 10% -- not too much – Dutch plaintiff had to come to Belgium. Interest – still allowed – Belgian legal interest rate (invoices in Belgian francs)."”

Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

CITATIONS TO ABSTRACTS OF DECISION

(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable

(b) Other abstracts

Unavailable

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Dutch): CISG-Belgium database of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven <http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/ipr/eng/cases/1999-04-28.html>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

Unavailable