Germany 22 May 1992 District Court Mönchengladbach (Clothing case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/920522g1.html]
Primary source(s) for case presentation: CISG online case overview; case commentary
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CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 7 O 80/91
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CASE HISTORY: 2nd instance OLG Düsseldorf 12 March 1993 [affirming]
SELLER'S COUNTRY: Italy (plaintiff)
BUYER'S COUNTRY: Germany (defendant)
GOODS INVOLVED: Clothing
Prepared by Camilla Andersen for commentary on notice issues under
Article 39(1) "A notice of one month was found to be untimely. 'Selbst wenn man
der Beklagten eine Frist von 1 Woche für die Untersuchung und eine
Frist von einer weiteren Woche für die Absendung der Mängelrüge
zubilligen wollte, wäre die mit Schreiben vom 7. (November) 1989
erhobene Mängelrüge auch für die Lieferung vom 6. Oktober 1989
nicht mehr rechtzeitig.' " Andersen, Pace Review of the Convention
on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1998) 114 n.175.
The Court "had generally pronounced . . . that notice regarding
non-conforming textiles should have been given approximately two
weeks after delivery, allowing one week for examination and one
week for giving notice." Id. at 114.Case abstract
APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes [Article 1(1)(b)]
APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES
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Original language (German): cisg-online.ch <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/56.htm>
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CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION
English: For a survey of close to 100 judicial and arbitral rulings on Article 39(1), Go to the 1998 Pace essay on this subject by Camilla Baasch Andersen; CISG-AC advisory opinion on Examination of the Goods and Notice of Non-Conformity [7 June 2004] (this case and related cases cited in addendum to opinion); 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. 8 paras. 4, 36, 38Classification of issues present
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