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Cases and case translations added to database in August 2009
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NETHERLANDS 29 July 2009 Rechtbank [District Court] Arnhem (___ v. Omnibus Trading B.V.). Arts. 7, 25, 30, 31, 33, 35, 46, 47, 48, 49, 58, 71, 73, 74, 84, 85, 86

UNITED STATES 24 July 2009 Federal District Court [Ohio] (Construcciones e Installaciones Electromecanicas S.A. v. Hi-Vac Corporation)

NETHERLANDS 1 July 2009 Rechtbank [District Court] Rotterdam (Sarens N.V. v. Gemax D.O.O.). Arts. 31, 53, 57, 58, 59

SWITZERLAND 26 June 2009 Bundesgerichtshof [Federal Supreme Court]. Arts. 8, 31

NETHERLANDS 3 February 2009 Gerechtshof [Appellate Court] Leeuwarden (JPB Industrial Services B.V. v. Buchen Industrial Services N.V.). Art. 57

CHINA 30 June 2007 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2007/04] (Color concrete block production line case). Arts. 6, 25, 74, 80 [translation added]

- Key isues addressed in this newly reported case

RUSSIA 29 December 2006 Arbitration Award 54/2006. Arts. 7, 53, 61, 62, 74, 78 [translation in process]

RUSSIA 27 December 2006 Arbitration Award 20/2006. Art. 78

RUSSIA 19 December 2006 Arbitration Award 35/2006. Art. 30

RUSSIA 19 December 2006 Arbitration Award 46/2006. Arts. 7, 81

RUSSIA 6 December 2006 Arbitration Award 137/2005. Art. 6

RUSSIA 23 November 2006 Arbitration Award 11/2006. Arts. 7, 81

RUSSIA 15 November 2006 Arbitration Award 30/2006. Arts. 7, 53, 61, 62, 78

RUSSIA 15 November 2006 Arbitration Award 98/2006. Arts. 7, 45, 74, 84

RUSSIA 20 October 2006 Arbitration Award 43/2006. Arts. 30, 53, 61, 74, 78

RUSSIA 19 October 2006 Arbitration Award 53/2006. Arts. 6, 38, 39, 40

RUSSIA 13 October 2006 Arbitration Award 119/2005. Arts. 7, 78

RUSSIA 29 September 2006 Arbitration Award 127/2005. Arts. 7, 33, 35, 81

CHINA September 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/14] (Spare parts case). Arts. 30, 31(a), 34 [translation added]

RUSSIA 31 August 2006 Arbitration Award 9/2005. Arts. 53, 74, 78

CHINA 3 August 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/15] (Water pump case). Arts. 25, 35, 49, 74, 77 [translation added]

- Key isues addressed in this newly reported case

RUSSIA 24 July 2006 Arbitration Award 40/2005. Art. 6

RUSSIA 24 July 2006 Arbitration Award 123/2005. Arts. 7, 53, 62

RUSSIA 5 July 2006 Arbitration Award 133/2005. Arts. 6, 90

RUSSIA 30 June 2006 Arbitration Award 81/2005. Arts. 6, 25, 28, 64

RUSSIA 19 May 2006 Arbitration Award 122/2005. Arts. 45, 74

RUSSIA 13 April 2006 Arbitration Award 105/2005. Arts. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 25, 33, 39, 44, 49, 55, 71, 74, 75, 77, 81 [translation in process]

RUSSIA 7 April 2006 Arbitration Award 20/2005. Arts. 33, 53, 61, 62, 78 [translation in process]

RUSSIA 27 March 2006 Arbitration Award 92/2005. Arts. 53, 54

RUSSIA 20 March 2006 Arbitration Award 71/2005. Arts. 53, 54

RUSSIA 7 March 2006 Arbitration Award 37/2005. Arts. 7, 14, 18, 62, 63 [translation in process]

RUSSIA 1 March 2006 Arbitration Award 101/2005. Arts. 7, 26, 47, 51, 81 [translation in process]

UKRAINE 15 February 2006 Arbitration Award (Coal case). Arts. 45, 53, 61, 62, 80 [translation added]

- Key isues addressed in this newly reported case

RUSSIA 14 February 2006 Arbitration Award 7/2005. Arts. 7, 78

CHINA February 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/16] (Fluorite case). Arts. 9, 25, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 46, 49, 50, 74, 77 [translation added]

- Key isues addressed in this newly reported case

RUSSIA 27 January 2006 Arbitration Award 65/2004. Arts. 53, 62

RUSSIA 26 January 2006 Arbitration Award 53/2005. Arts. 7, 80

RUSSIA 20 January 2006 Arbitration Award 84/2005. Arts. 6, 8, 25, 26, 45, 46, 49, 53, 71, 74, 81 [translation in process]

CHINA 2005 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2005/25] (Engine block case). Arts. 49, 72, 74 [translation added]

- Key isues addressed in this newly reported case

SWITZERLAND 11 November 2002 Cour de Justice [Appellate Court] Geneva (Iron concretes and steel bars case). Arts. 11, 14, 29(1), 35, 78 [translation added]

- Key issues addressed in this newly translated case

GERMANY 31 March 1998 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Zweibrücken (Vine wax case). Arts. 4, 6, 8, 35, 38, 39, 45, 50, 74, 79 [translation added]

- Key issues addressed in this newly translated case

Texts of commentaries added to database in August 2009

BAR, Nir / HAR-SINAY, Natanella [Israel]

2008. Contract Validity and the CISG: Closing the Loophole (25 January 2008) 10 p., available online at <http://www.articlesbase.com/law-articles/contract-validity-and-the-cisg-international-treaty-closing-the-loophole-315561.html>

CURRAN, Virginia Grosswald [U.S.]

1999. The CISG, the European Court of Justice and the Search for Legal Uniformity, in: European Union Studies Association (EUSA), Biennial Conference, 6th (2-5 June 1999) 27 p., link to pdf text available online at <http://aei.pitt.edu/2251> [contains helpful comparison of common law and civil law approaches]

KARTON, Joshua D. H. / de GERMINY, Lorraine

2009. Can the CISG Advisory Council Affect the Homeward Trend?, 13 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (1/2009), link to pdf text available online at <http://works.bepress.com/joshua_karton/4>

PAULY, Clemens W.

2004. Is Avoidance under CISG a Powerful Remedy? Comparison of the CISG Remedy with Third-Party Rights, 23 p., available online at <http://www.langstadtpauly.com/site/uploads/CISG%20essay%20Pauly.pdf>

PRIBETIC, Antonin I. [Canada]

2009. An "Unconventional Truth": Conflict of Laws Issues Arising under the CISG, Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (Spring 2009) 48 p., available online at <http://www.njcl.utu.fi/1_2009/article3.pdf> [includes detailed analysis of CISG case law involving Canadian parties]

THOMAEUS , Bo

2009. Committee reconsiders Nordic reservations to Part II of CISG, International law office newsletters (22 June 2009) <http://www.internationallawoffice.com/>

ZORLU, Ramazan [Turkey]

____. Formation of the Contract According to CISG and Turkish Law Compared, available online at <http://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=6675>

Citations to be added to database bibliography

ILLMER, Martin

2009. [Book review - in German], Review of Peter Huber / Alastair Mullis, The CISG, A new textbook for students and practitioners, Sellier 2007, Internationales Handelsrecht (3/2009) 140

KOZOLCHYK, Boris

2009. Modernization of Commercial Law: International Uniformity and Economic Development, 34 Brooklyn Law Journal (2009) 709-756

LOOKOFSKY, Joseph M. / KETILBJØRN, Hertz

2009. European Union Private International Law in Contract and Tort, DJØF Publishing: Copenhagen (2009) 202 p.

OSTENDORF, Patrick

2009. Noch einmal: Führt die Vereinbarung einer CIF-Klausel zum Fixeschäft [ - in German], Internationales Handelsrecht (3/2009) 100-104 [Excerpt from summary in IHR: "The … widespread view that the use of the CIF term in international sales contracts justifies the assumption that an agreed time of delivery is in principle 'of the essence' of the contract and any delay in delivery would hence allow an immediate termination of the contract both under the CISG as well as pursuant to the German Commercial / Civil Code" is questioned in this commentary.]

TAMEZ, Jorge Ivn

2008. The CISG and Mexican Law for Breach of Sale Contracts, VDM Verlag (April 2008) 192 p.



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