CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Germany 14 October 1992 Lower Court Zweibrücken (Shoes case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/921014g1.html]

Primary source(s) for case presentation: Michael R. Will; CISG online case overview; Unilex abstract

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

Classification of issues present

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

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles 26 ; 78 [Also cited: Article 25 ; 49 ; 53 ]

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

26A1 [Effective declaration of avoidance: notice to the other party required];

78A ; 78B [Interest on delay in receiving price or another sum in arrears; Rate of interest]

Descriptors: Avoidance ; Interest

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"The Court confirmed that, according to art. 26, the buyer's notice of declaration of avoidance must represent his clear intention to avoid the contract, which in this case neither the buyer's request for a price reduction nor that the goods be taken back could represent." Anna Kazimierska, The Remedy of Avoidance under the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods, Pace Review of the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1999-2000) n.163

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English: Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=92&step=Abstract>

Italian: Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (1995) 445-446 No. 61

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (German): cisg-online.ch <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/46.htm>; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=92&step=FullText>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: Honnold, Uniform Law for International Sales (1999) 215 [Art. 26]; Ferrari, International Legal Forum (4/1998) 138-255 [253 n.1079 (interest issues)]; Koneru, 6 Minnesota Journal of Global Trade 105 [134-135 n.129] [comments on interest ruling in this case and other cases]; Thiele, 2 Vindobono Journal (1998) 3-35, citing this case [n.13] and 42 other interest rulings; Liu Chengwei, Recovery of interest (November 2003) n.90; 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. 26 para. 10 Art. 49 para. 24 Art. 73 para. 5

French: Witz, Les premières applications jurisprudentielles du droit uniforme de la vente internationale (L.G.D.J., Paris 1995) 99 n.86, 106 n.115

German: Piltz, Int. Kaufrecht (1993) 247 No. 272 = Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (1994) 1101 [1105 n.66]

Spanish: Piltz, La Ley (Buenos Aires: 5 September 1994) 1-4 n.48; Perales, Cuadernos Jurídicos 3 (1996) No. 43, 5 [7 n.29]