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CISG CASE PRESENTATION

New Zealand 2 April 2001 Court of Appeal (Integrity Cars (Wholesale) Ltd v. Chief Executive of New Zealand Customs Service) (Autos case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/010402n6.html]

Primary source(s) of information for case presentation: Henning Lutz

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Case identification

DATE OF DECISION: 20010402 (2 April 2001)

JURISDICTION: New Zealand

TRIBUNAL: Court of Appeal

JUDGE(S): Keith; Fisher; Paterson

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: CA 128/00

CASE NAME: Integrity Cars (Wholesale) Ltd v. Chief Executive of New Zealand Customs Service

CASE HISTORY: Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Japan (defendant is not the seller, but rather the New Zealand Customs Service)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: New Zealand (plaintiff)

GOODS INVOLVED: Autos, purchased in Japan at auction and imported into New Zealand


Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: No

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Article 2(b)

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

2B [Sales by auction]

Descriptors: Scope of Convention ; Auction sales

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Editorial remarks

EDITOR: Albert H. Kritzer

CISG provisions are not analyzed. The court refers to the CISG as follows:

     "... The relevant transactions occurred in Japan (there was no evidence of Japanese law) and because of their international character may have been subject to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods to which both Japan and New Zealand party (no argument was addressed to it). ..." [para. 19]

Caveats associated with this observation are: Japan is not at this time a party to the CISG and, to the extent the issues concern a sale by auction, CISG article 2(b) states that such sales are not within the scope of this Convention.

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Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

CITATIONS TO ABSTRACTS OF DECISION

(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable

(b) Other abstracts

Unavailable

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (English): [2001] 1 New Zealand Customs Cases, page 61,198 (para. 55-020), published in CCH (Commerce Clearing House) New Zealand Duties Guide (1998); electronic publications at <http://library.cch.co.nz/library/about.asp> and <http://www.linxplus.co.nz>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

Unavailable

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