CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Germany 22 December 1992 District Court Darmstadt (New Zealand mussels case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/921222g1.html]

Primary source(s) for case presentation: CISG online case overview

Case Table of Contents

• Case identification
• Case abstract
• Classification of issues present
• Editorial remarks
• Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries
• Guide to links contained in case presentations

CASE HISTORY: 2nd instance OLG Frankfurt 20 April 1994 [affirming]; 3rd instance BGH (Supreme Court) 8 March 1995 [affirming]

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Switzerland (plaintiff)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Germany (defendant)

GOODS INVOLVED: New Zealand mussels

Case abstracts

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes [Article 1(1)(a)]

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles 25 ; 49(1)(a) [Also cited: Article 45(1) ]

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

Unavailable

Descriptors: Unavailable

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Original language (German): cisg-online.ch <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/177.htm>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: Koch, Pace Review of Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods (1998) 241-242 n.219 [fundamental breach: frustration of purpose of contract]