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Article 35143 Cases (1) The seller must deliver goods which are of the quantity, quality and description required by the contract and which are contained or packaged in the manner required by the contract.

(2) Except where the parties have agreed otherwise, the goods do not conform with the contract unless they:

(a) are fit for the purposes for which the goods of the same description would ordinarily be used;

(b) are fit for any particular purpose expressly or impliedly made known to the seller at the time of the conclusion of the contract, except where the circumstances show that the buyer did not rely, or that it was unreasonable for him to rely, on the seller"s skill and judgement;

(c) possess the qualities of the goods which the seller has held out to the buyer as a sample or a model;

(d) are contained or packaged in the manner usual for such goods or, where there is no such manner, in a manner adequate to preserve and protect the goods.

(3) The seller is not liable under sub-paragraph (a) to (d) of the preceding paragraph for any lack of conformity of the goods if at the time of the conclusion of the contract the buyer knew or could not have been unaware of such lack of conformity.
Number Issue # Cases
1 Seller's obligation to deliver conforming goods 23
Country Date Court
Arbitral Award 00-10-1996 ICC Court of Arbitration
Arbitral Award 07-04-1999 CIETAC China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Arbitral Award 00-08-1999 ICC Court of Arbitration
Cases: 3
Austria 21-03-2000 Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 1
Belgium 08-03-2001 Cour d'Appel, Mons
Belgium 24-04-2006 Hof van Beroep, Antwerpen
Belgium 22-01-2007 Hof van Beroep, Antwerpen
Cases: 3
Denmark 31-01-2002 So -og Handelsretten (The Maritime and Commercial Court of Copenhagen)
Cases: 1
France 04-03-1998 Cour d'Appel de Paris, 1ére chambre, section D
France 18-03-1998 Cour d'Appel de Paris, 1ére chambre, section D
France 24-09-2003 Cour de Cassation- Chambre commerciale
France 27-05-2008 Court d'Appel de Rennes
France 21-11-2023 Cour d‘appel de Besançon
Cases: 5
Germany 25-11-1998 Bundesgerichtshof
Cases: 1
Netherlands 16-01-2009 Rechtbank Breda
Cases: 1
Poland 11-05-2007 Supreme Court of Poland
Poland 17-02-2016 Lodz Court of Appeal
Cases: 2
Singapore 01-04-2014 High Court of Singapore
Cases: 1
Spain 23-10-2007 Juzgado de Primera Instancia - La Laguna
Spain 17-01-2008 Tribunal Supremo
Cases: 2
Switzerland 21-09-1998 Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich
Cases: 1
USA 30-01-2001 U.S. District Court, N.D., California
USA 12-03-2015 U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Cases: 2
1.1 According to contract 42
1.2 According to Convention 5
1.2.1 Fitness for ordinary use 36
1.2.2 Fitness for particular purposes 16
1.3 Conformity to sample or model 13
1.4 Usual or adequate packaging 7
1.5 Conformity to public or other law requirements in buyer's country 15
1.6 Aliud pro alio 6
1.7 Burden of proof 24
2 Buyer's knowledge of lack of conformity 5
3 Relation to domestic law 0
3.1 Remedy based on mistake as to quality of goods 2
3.2 Remedy based on innocent misrepresentation as to quality of goods 0
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