The buyer must pay the price on the date fixed by or determinable from the contract and this Convention without the need for any request or compliance with any formality on the part of the seller.
OUTLINE OF ISSUES
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59A Payment due at time fixed or determinable by contract or Convention
59B No need for request by seller or other formality
DESCRIPTORS
Price
CASE ANNOTATIONS: UNCITRAL DIGEST CASES PLUS ADDED CASES
Presented below is a composite list of Art. 59 cases reporting UNCITRAL Digest cases and other Art. 59 cases. All cases are listed in chronological sequence, commencing with the most recent. Asterisks identify the UNCITRAL Digest cases, commencing with the 21 March 2003 citation reported below. Cases are coded to the UNCITRAL Thesaurus.
English texts and full-text English translations of cases are provided as indicated. In most instances researchers can also access UNCITRAL abstracts and link to Unilex abstracts and full-text original-language case texts sourced from Internet websites and other data, including commentaries by scholars to the extent available. Netherlands 1 July 2009 Rechtbank [District Court] Rotterdam (Sarens N.V. v. Gemax D.O.O.)
Switzerland 26 November 2008 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Aargau (Fruit and vegetables case) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 19 June 2008 Supreme Court (Health care products case) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 22 May 2008 District Court Bratislava (F.E.G.H.C v. T S.r.o.) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 30 April 2008 Supreme Court (Health care products case) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 29 April 2008 District Court Banska Bystrica (Timber case) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 3 April 2008 Supreme Court (Raw materials for women's coats case) 59B [translation available]
Slovak Republic 7 March 2008 District Court Banska Bystrica (Fruit and vegetables case) [translation available]
Germany 25 January 2008 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Hamburg (Café inventory case) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 29 October 2007 District Court Bardejov (Glass chaton case) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 18 October 2007 District Court Brezno (Office supplies case) [translation available]
Switzerland 6 September 2007 Kantonsgericht [District Court] Appenzel Ausserhoden (Clothing case) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 27 June 2007 Supreme Court Zilina [translation available]
Hungary 6 June 2007 Congrád County Court (Clothing case) [translation available]
Ukraine 13 April 2007 Commercial Court of Donetz Region (Crucible press case) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 9 March 2007 Regional Court Bratislava (Blouses case) [translation available]
Slovak Republic 8 January 2007 Regional Court Zilina (Polyethelene case) 59B [translation available]
Switzerland 27 October 2006 Tribunal cantonal [Appellate Court] Valais (Bicycle and motorcycle parts case) [translation available]
Switzerland 23 May 2006 Tribunal cantonal [Higher Cantonal Court] Valais (Suits case) [translation available]
Switzerland 12 May 2006 Cour de justice [Appellate Court] Genève (Office furniture case) [translation available]
Russia 13 February 2006 Arbitration Award 102/2005 [translation available]
China 23 September 2005 New Pudong District People's Court of Shanghai (Xi'an Yun Chang Trade Ltd. v. An Tai International) [translation available]
Switzerland 19 September 2005 Kantonsgericht Wallis / Tribunal cantonal Valais [Canton Appellate Court]
China 2 September 2005 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2005/17] (Freezing facilities case) 59A [translation available]
China 20 July 2005 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2005/20] (Elevator material case) 59B [translation available]
China 24 June 2005 Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court [District Court] (Children's furniture case) [translation available]
China 25 May 2005 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2005/09] (Iron ore case) 59B [translation available]
Switzerland 23 May 2005 Kantonsgericht [District Court] Nidwalden [translation available]
Switzerland 25 January 2005 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Aargau (Floor tiles case) [translation available]
Switzerland 22 December 2004 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Bern (Watches case) [translation available]
Germany 10 December 2004 Landgericht [District Court] Bayreuth (Tiles case) [translation available]
Germany 22 July 2004 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Düsseldorf [translation available]
Switzerland 29 April 2004 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] St. Gallen [translation available]
Russia 20 April 2004 Arbitration Award 115/2003 [translation available]
Italy 31 March 2004 Tribunale [District Court] Padova 59A [translation available]
Switzerland 12 March 2004 Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Willisau [translation available]
Italy 25 February 2004 Tribunale [District Court] Padova 59B [translation available]
China 18 December 2003 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG/2003/12] (AOE and PECVD machines case) [translation available]
Switzerland 24 October 2003 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Zürich [translation available]
Germany 28 August 2003 Landgericht [District Court] Düsseldorf [translation available]
Switzerland 19 August 2003 Tribunal Cantonal [Appellate Court] Valais [translation available]
Switzerland 30 April 2003 Tribunal Cantonal [Appellate Court] Valais (Furniture case) [translation available]
* Germany 21 March 2003 Landgericht [District Court] Berlin 59A [translation available]
China 17 February 2003 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2003/16] (Tire case) 59B [translation available]
Switzerland 11 February 2003 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] St. Gallen [translation available]
* Switzerland 5 November 2002 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] des Kantons Aargau 59A ; 59B [translation available]
* Germany 25 September 2002 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Rostock [translation available]
* Argentina 21 July 2002 Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Comercial [Appellate Court] [translation available]
Serbia 12 April 2002 Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration, Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce (Sliced timber case) 59A [translation available]
Germany 11 April 2002 Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Viechtach [translation available]
* Switzerland 25 February 2002 Kantonsgericht [District Court] Schaffhausen [translation available]
China 4 February 2002 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG/2002/03] (Styrene monomer case) [translation available]
Russia 22 January 2002 Arbitration Award No. 60/2001 [translation available]
* Belgium 15 January 2002 Tribunal de commerce [District Court] Namur [translation available]
Germany 12 November 2001 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Hamm (Memory module case) [translation available]
Russia 25 September 2001 Presidium of Supreme Court (Resolution No. 8508/00) [translation available]
Serbia 24 September 2001 Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration, Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce (Plums and mushrooms case) 59B [translation available]
Spain
15 June 2001 Audiencia Provincial [Appellate Court] Baleares [translation available]
Bulgaria 12 March 2001 Bulgaria Chamber of Commerce Arbitration award, Case 33/98 [translation available]
* Germany 12 October 2000 Landgericht [District Court] Stendal [translation available]
Germany 6 April 2000 Landgericht [District Court] München [translation available] China 31 December 1999 CIETAC Arbitration Award 59B [translation available]
Switzerland 11 June 1999 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Aargau [translation available]
Switzerland 30 November 1998 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Zürich
Switzerland 30 June 1998 Kantonsgericht Wallis / Tribunal cantonal Valais [Canton Appellate Court] (Granite stones case) [translation available]
Switzerland 29 June 1998 Tribunal Cantonal [Appellate Court] Valais
Russia 25 May 1998 Arbitration award 104/1997 [translation available]
Germany 24 March 1998 Landgericht [District Court] Berlin (Knitwear case) [translation available]
Netherlands 20 February 1998 Hoge Raad [Supreme Court] 59B
* Germany 21 January 1998 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] München (Insulating materials case) 59A [translation available]
China 31 December 1997 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG/1997/37] (Lindane case) [translation available]
Switzerland 19 December 1997 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Aargau [translation available]
Switzerland 28 October 1997 Tribunal Cantonal [Appellate Court] Valais
* Germany 9 July 1997 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] München [7 U 2070/97] [translation available]
Germany 9 July 1997 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Köln [translation available]
Switzerland 3 July 1997 Bezirksgericht [District Court] St. Gallen [translation available]
Hungary 1 July 1997 Fovárosi Bíróság [Metropolitan Court]
* Germany 24 April 1997 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Düsseldorf [translation available]
* Hungary 10 December 1996 Budapest Arbitration award Vb 96074 [English text]
Switzerland 11 March 1996 Tribunal Cantonal [Appellate Court] Vaud [01 93 0661]
Switzerland 11 March 1996 Tribunal Cantonal [Appellate Court] Vaud [01 93 1061] [translation available]
CHINA 15 February 1996 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG/1996/10] (Hot-rolled plates case) [translation available]
* Germany 15 February 1996 Landgericht [District Court] Kassel [11 O 4187/95] [translation available]
* Germany 29 January 1996 Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Augsburg (Shoe case) 59B [translation available]
* Germany 25 January 1996 Landgericht [District Court] München
Germany 12 December 1995 Landgericht [District Court] Marburg [translation available]
* Germany 6 October 1995 Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Kehl [translation available]
Netherlands 29 June 1995 Arrondissementsrechtbank [District Court] Arnhem
* Germany 12 May 1995 Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Alsfeld [translation available]
Germany 31 March 1995 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Frankfurt [translation
available]
* Switzerland 20 December 1994 Tribunal Cantonal [Appellate Court] Valais 59B [translation available]
Belgium 5 October 1994 Tribunal commercial [District Court] Bruxelles 59A [translation available]
Netherlands 4 February 1994 Arrondissementsrechtbank [District Court] 's Hertogenbosch
* Germany 18 January 1994 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Frankfurt [translation available]
* Germany 1 December 1993 Landgericht [District Court] Hanover 59A ; 59B
* Germany 17 September 1993 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Koblenz [translation available]
* Germany 6 October 1992 Landgericht [District Court] Berlin [translation available]
* Germany 22 May 1992 Landgericht [District Court] Mönchengladbach
ICC 1992 International Court of Arbitration, Case 7153 [translation available]
* Switzerland 16 December 1991 Pretore della giurisdizione [District Court] Locarno [translation available]
Netherlands 13 September 1991 Hoge Raad [Supreme Court]
Argentina 20 May 1991 Juzgado Nacional de Primera Instancia en lo Comercial [National Commercial Court of First Instance] [translation available]
* Germany 21 December 1990 Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Ludwigsburg [translation available]
* Germany 24 April 1990 Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Oldenburg (Fashion textiles case) 59A [translation available]
* Germany 3 April 1990 Landgericht [District Court] Aachen 59B [translation available]
The UNCITRAL Digest of case law on the United
A/CN.9/SER.C/DIGEST/CISG/59 [8 June 2004]
The buyer must pay the price on the date fixed by or determinable from the contract and this Convention without the need for any request or compliance with any formality on the part of the seller. DIGEST OF ARTICLE 59 CASE LAW
Dispensation from formalities prior to payment of the price 1. Under this provision the price must be paid as soon as it is becomes due without the
need for any notice or compliance with any other formality.[1] An effect of this, as one court
decision noted, is that the seller can have recourse to all the remedies provided under the
Convention in the event of default by the buyer in respect of its obligation to pay the price,
and without prior notice at that.[2] Furthermore, the interest provided for under article 78
begins to accumulate as soon as the price becomes due.[3] Dispensation from formalities prior to settlement of other monetary obligations 2. It is often said that this article embodies a general principle within the meaning of
article 7(2) valid for any and all monetary claims which one of the parties to a sales contract
may have against the other, such as restitution of the price following dissolution of the
contract, payment of compensation or repayment of sums expended for conservation of the
goods. There are not yet any court decisions which have addressed this issue. FOOTNOTES
* The present text was prepared using the full text of the decisions cited in the Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT) abstracts and other citations listed in the footnotes. The abstracts are intended to serve only as summaries of the underlying decisions and may not reflect all the points made in the digest. Readers are advised to consult the full texts of the listed court and arbitral decisions rather than relying solely on the CLOUT abstracts.
[Citations to cisgw3 case presentations have been substituted [in brackets] for the case citations provided in the UNCITRAL Digest. This substitution has been made to facilitate online access to CLOUT abstracts, original texts of court and arbitral decisions, and full text English translations of these texts (available in most but not all cases). For citations UNCITRAL had used, go to <http://www.uncitral.org/english/clout/digest_cisg_e.htm>.] 1. For applications of that principles, see [GERMANY Landgericht [District Court] Berlin 21 March 2003, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/030321g1.html>];
[SWITZERLAND Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Aargau 5 November 2002, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/021105s1.html>];
[ARGENTINA Cámara Nacional de los Apelaciones en lo Comercial [Appellate Court] 21 July 2002, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/020721a1.html>];
[SWITZERLAND Kantonsgericht [District Court] Schaffhausen 25 February 2002, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/020225s1.html>];
[GERMANY Landgericht [District Court] Stendal 12 October 2000, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/001012g1.html>];
CLOUT case No. 297
[GERMANY Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] München 21 January 1998, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/980121g1.html>] (see full text of the decision);
CLOUT case No. 273 [GERMANY Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] München 9 July 1997;
available at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/970709g1.html>];
CLOUT case No. 163
[HUNGARY Budapest Arbitration Award case No. Vb 96074 of 10 December 1996, available online at
<http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/961210h1.html>] (see full text of the decision);
[GERMANY Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Augsburg 29 January 1996, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/960129g1.html>];
CLOUT case No. 197 [SWITZERLAND Tribunal [Appellate Court] Valais 20 December 1994, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/941220s1.html>] (see full text of the decision);
[GERMANY Landgericht [District Court] Hannover 1 December 1993, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/931201g1.html>];
[GERMANY Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Ludwigsburg 21 December 1990, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/901221g1.html>];
CLOUT case No. 7
[GERMANY Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Oldenburg in Holstein 24 April 1990, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/900424g1.html>] (see full text of the decision);
CLOUT case No. 46
[GERMANY Landgericht [District Court] Aachen 3 April 1990, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/900403g1.html>] (see full text of the decision).
2. CLOUT case No. 281
[GERMANY Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Koblenz 17 September 1993, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/930917g1.html>] (see full text of the decision).
3. In this respect see, e.g.,
[GERMANY Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Rostock 25 September 2002, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/020925g1.html>] (see also, in an implicit manner,
[BELGIUM Tribunal [District Court] Namur 15 January 2002, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/020115b1.html>];
CLOUT case No. 275
[GERMANY Oberlandesgericht [Court] Düsseldorf 24 April 1997, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/970424g1.html>];
[GERMANY Landgericht [District Court] Kassel 15 February 1996, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/960215g2.html>];
[GERMANY Landgericht [District Court] München 25 January 1996, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/960125g1.html>];
[GERMANY Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Kehl 6 October 1995, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/951006g1.html>];
CLOUT case No. 410
[GERMANY Landgericht [Lower Court] Alsfeld 12 May 1995, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/950512g1.html>];
CLOUT case No. 79 [GERMANY Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Frankfurt 18 January 1994, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/940118g1.html>] (see full text of the decision);
[GERMANY Landgericht [District Court] Berlin 6 October 1992, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/921006g1.html>];
[GERMANY Landgericht [District Court] Mönchengladbach 22 May 1992, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/920522g1.html>];
[SWITZERLAND Pretore della giurisdizione [District Court] Locarno 16 December 1991, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/.html>];
CLOUT case No. 7
[GERMANY Amtsgericht [Lower Court] Oldenburg in Holstein 24 April 1990, available online at <http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/900424g1.html>] (see full text of the decision).
Argentina
1
Germany
19
Switzerland
4
Belgium
1
Hungary
1
TOTAL:
26
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Digest of Article 59 case law
- Dispensation from formalities prior to payment of the price
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