Belgium 18 February 2002 District Court Ieper (L. v. SA C.)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/020218b1.html]
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CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: A.R. 318/00
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CASE HISTORY: Unavailable
SELLER'S COUNTRY: Belgium (plaintiff)
BUYER'S COUNTRY: France (defendant)
GOODS INVOLVED: Pork meat
Reproduced with permission from CISG-Belgium database of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Application of CISG: France and Belgium parties to CISG
Non-conformity: not proved
Altered economic circumstances: defendant cannot rely thereupon to escape contractual obligations
General conditions on invoice: not accepted: not valid
Interest rate: currency of payment
Case outline
APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes [Article 1(1)(a)]
APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES
Key CISG provisions at issue:
Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:
6A [Choice of law: agreement to apply Convention];
9C [Practices established by the parties];
19A [Reply purporting to accept but containing additions or modifications];
36B [Time for assessing conformity of goods: lack of conformity occurring after passage of risk];
69A1 [Risk passes when buyer takes goods];
78B [Rate of interest];
79B [Impediments excusing party]
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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=771&step=Abstract>
CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION
Original language (Dutch): CISG Belgium database of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven <http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/ipr/eng/cases/2002-02-18.html>; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=771&step=FullText>
Translation: Unavailable
CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION
English: Article 78 and rate of interest: Mazzotta, Endless disagreement among commentators, much less among courts (2004) [citing this case and 275 other court and arbitral rulings]; [2005] Schlechtriem & Schwenzer ed., Commentary on UN Convention on International Sale of Goods, 2d (English) ed., Oxford University Press, Art. 79 para. 37
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