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Switzerland 15 December 1998 Ticino Appellate Court [Lugano] (Fish case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/981215s1.html]

Primary source(s) of information for case presentation: UNCITRAL abstract

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Case identification

DATE OF DECISIONS: 19981215 (15 December 1998)

JURISDICTION: Switzerland

TRIBUNAL: Lugano, Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino, Tribunale d'appello [Appellate Court], Seconda Camera civile [Lugano]

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 10.96.00029

CASE NAME: C. d. P. Ltda v. I.F. Limited

CASE HISTORY: 1st instance Pretore Lugano [affirmed]

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Chile (plaintiff)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Chile (defendant)

GOODS INVOLVED: Fish

Case abstract

SWITZERLAND: Cantone del Ticino, La seconda Camera civile del Tribunale d'appello 15 December 1998

Case law on UNCITRAL texts (CLOUT) abstract no. 258

Reproduced with permission from UNCITRAL

A Chilean company, plaintiff, brought a lawsuit against a company, defendant, that had its place of business in the British Virgin Islands.

The court held that the CISG did not apply, because the relevant sales contract was concluded not with the defendant, but with another company that, although allied with the defendant, had its place of business in Chile. The Convention applies only to contracts between parties in different States (article 1(1) CISG).

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Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: No [Article 1(1)]

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Article 1(1)

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

1A [Internationality: parties' places of business in different States]

Descriptors: Applicability

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Editorial remarks

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Citations to other abstracts, case texts and commentaries

CITATIONS TO OTHER ABSTRACTS OF DECISION

English: Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=367&step=Abstract>

German: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Internationales und Europäisches Recht (SZIER)/Revue suisse de droit international et de droit européen (1999) 194

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Italian): CISG-online.ch website <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/422.pdf>; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=367&step=FullText>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

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