Belgium 3 October 2001 District Court Kortrijk (NV R v. BV N.C.M.)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/011003b1.html]
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CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: A.R. 3669/2000
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CASE HISTORY: Unavailable
SELLER'S COUNTRY: Belgium (plaintiff)
BUYER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands (defendant)
GOODS INVOLVED: Ribbon
Reproduced with permission from CISG-Belgium database of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Application of CISG: both parties from Contracting States
No date for delivery: "as soon as possible"; reasonable period, adjudicated in accordance with previous delivery between parties
Interest rate: lex contractus, interest rate of Belgium
Case outline
APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes [Article 1(1)(a)]
APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES
Key CISG provisions at issue:
Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:
9C [Practices established by the parties];
33A [Time for delivery: on date fixed by or determinable from contract (defined further in accordance with practice of parties];
74A [General rules for measuring damages];
78B [Rate of interest: lex contractus];
85A [Seller's duty to preserve goods]
Descriptors:
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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=948&step=Abstract>
CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION
Original language (Dutch): CISG Belgium database of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven <http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/ipr/eng/cases/2001-10-03.html>; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=948&step=FullText>
Translation: Unavailable
CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION
English: Article 78 and rate of interest: Mazzotta, Endless disagreement among commentators, much less among courts (2004) [citing this case and 275 other court and arbitral rulings]; [2005] Schlechtriem & Schwenzer ed., Commentary on UN Convention on International Sale of Goods, 2d (English) ed., Oxford University Press, Art. 33 paras. 7, 17
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