CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Netherlands 21 November 1996 District Court Rotterdam (Biesbrouck v. Huizer Export)
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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 DECISIONS: 19961121 (21 November 1996)

JURISDICTION: Netherlands

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

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 95-3590

CASE NAME: Biesbrouck v. Huizer Export BV

CASE HISTORY: Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Belgium (plaintiff)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands (defendant)

GOODS INVOLVED: Flowers (bush daisies)

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issues: Articles 38 ; 39 ; 49 ; 82 [Also cited: Articles 46 ; 50 ; 74 ]

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

38A1 [Buyer's obligation to examine goods as soon as practicable in the circumstances];

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

49B [Buyer's loss of right to declare avoidance after delivery: timeliness of notice of avoidance];

82A1 [Buyer's inability to return good in same condition: loss of right to avoid contract]

Descriptors: Examination of goods ; Lack of conformity notice, timeliness ; Avoidance ; Restitution

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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

English: Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=318&step=Abstract>

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Dutch): Nederlands International Privaatrecht (NIPR) 1997 No. 223 [275-276]; Unilex database [excerpt] <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=318&step=FullText>

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 79, 95, 172, 181; [2005] Schlechtriem & Schwenzer ed., Commentary on UN Convention on International Sale of Goods, 2d (English) ed., Oxford University Press, Art. 82 para. 9