CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Netherlands 6 March 2012 District Court Leeuwarden ([...] v. Herotec Flächenheizung GmbH)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/120306n1.html]

Case Table of Contents

• Case identification
• Classification of issues present
• Editorial remarks
• Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

• Guide to links contained in case presentations

Case identification

DATE OF DECISION: 20120306 (06 March 2012)

JURISDICTION: Netherlands

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

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 200 086 453/01

CASE NAME: [...] v. Herotec Flächenheizung GmbH

CASE HISTORY: 1st instance 19 January 2011 Rechtbank Assen

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Germany

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands

GOODS INVOLVED: Underfloor heating materials

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles 4 ; 49(1) and 49(2) ; 74 ; 82(1) ; 83

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

4B3 [Other issues not governed by this Convention];

49A ; 49A1 [Grounds for avoidance ; Fundamental breach of contract (art. 49(1)(a))];

74A ; 74B [Loss suffered as consequence of breach ; Outer limits of damages; foreseeability of loss];

82A ; 82A1 [Buyer would have right to avoid contract except: ; Inability to return goods in same condition (art. 82(1))];

83A ; 83B ; 83B3 [Buyer who has lost right to avoid or require substitute goods (art. 82) ; Retains also other remedies under the contract and Convention, e.g.: ; Claim damages (as provided in arts. 74-77)];

Descriptors: Avoidance ; Damages ; Foreseeability of Damages ; Profits, Loss of

Editorial remarks

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Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

CITATIONS TO ABSTRACTS OF DECISION

(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable

(b) Other abstracts

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CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Dutch): Website of the Dutch courts <http://zoeken.rechtspraak.nl/resultpage.aspx?snelzoeken=true&searchtype=ljn&ljn=BV8256&vrije_tekst=CISG>; see also CISG-online.ch website <http://www.globalsaleslaw.org/content/api/cisg/urteile/2362.pdf>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

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