CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Netherlands 20 January 2000 District Court Rotterdam (Hars & Hagebaeuer BV v. Amuyen SA)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/000120n1.html]

Primary source(s) of information for case presentation: Unilex database

Case Table of Contents

DATE OF DECISION: 20000120 (20 January 2000)

JURISDICTION: Netherlands

TRIBUNAL: Rb Rotterdam [Rb = Arrondissementsrechtbank = District Court]

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: HAZA 99-325

CASE NAME: Hars & Hagebaeuer BV v. Amuyen SA

CASE HISTORY: Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Argentina (defendant)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands (plaintiff)

GOODS INVOLVED: Cherries

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

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles 35 ; 38 ; 39

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

35A [Conformity of goods: quality, quantity and description required by contract];

38A [Buyer’s obligation for examining goods: time for examining goods];

39A2 [Requirement to notify seller of lack of conformity: buyer must notify seller within reasonable time]

Descriptors: Conformity of goods ; Examination of goods ; Lack of conformity notice, timeliness; Burden of proof

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=843&step=Abstract>

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Dutch): Nederlands International Privaatrecht (2000) n. 121 [excerpt]; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=843&step=FullText> [excerpt]

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: 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); [2004] S.A. Kruisinga, (Non-)conformity in the 1980 UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: a uniform concept?, Intersentia at 93, 173, 180, 181

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