Article 1642 Cases (1) This Convention applies to contracts of sale of goods between parties whose places of business are in different States:

(a) when the States are Contracting States; or

(b) when the rules of private international law lead to the application of the law of a Contracting State.

(2) The fact that the parties have their places of business in different States is to be disregarded whenever this fact does not appear either from the contract or from any dealings between, or from information disclosed by, the parties at any time before or at the conclusion of the contract.

(3) Neither the nationality of the parties nor the civil or commercial character of the parties of the contract is to be taken into consideration in determining the application of this Convention.

Number

Issue

# Cases

Material scope of application

1.1

Contract of sale of goods

1.1.1

Civil or commercial character of the contract not relevant

1.1.2

Contracts for the sale of software

1.1.3

Contracts similar to contract of sale

1.1.3.1

Distributorship agreements

1.1.3.2

Other cases (barter, counter-trade, works contracts, etc.)

1.2

Parties with places of business in different States

1.2.1

Concept of place of business

1.2.2

Concept of different States

1.2.2.1

Undisclosed foreign principal

Territorial scope of application

2.1

Parties situated in Contracting States

365

2.2

Application of law of Contracting State based on rules of private international law

107

2.2.1

Application of Convention based on choice of parties

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	17-11-1995	Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Court of Arbitration
Arbitral Award	00-04-1997	ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris
Arbitral Award	11-02-2000	Tribunal of International Commercial Arbitration at the Russian Federation
Arbitral Award	15-10-2002	Netherlands Arbitration Institute
Arbitral Award	05-04-2007	Arbitral Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Arbitral Award	11-12-2020	American Arbitration Association – International Centre for Dispute Resolution
Cases: 6
Austria	28-02-2023	Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 1
Belgium	02-05-1995	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt
Cases: 1
Canada	29-07-2005	Quebec Superior Court
Canada	13-05-2015	Supreme Court of British Columbia
Cases: 2
China	05-09-1994	Xiamen Intermediate People's Court
Cases: 1
France	14-02-2024	Cour d’appel de Saint-Denis de la Réunion
Cases: 1
Germany	13-01-1993	Oberlandesgericht Saarbrücken
Germany	26-05-1998	Thüringener Oberlandesgericht
Germany	30-08-2000	Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt
Germany	01-03-2010	Oberlandesgericht Koblenz
Cases: 4
Hungary	10-01-1992	Metropolitan Court of Budapest
Cases: 1
Italy	09-10-2020	Corte Suprema di Cassazione
Cases: 1
Netherlands	28-02-2018	Rechtbank Oost-Brabant
Cases: 1
Spain	05-02-2004	Audiencia Provincial de Cantabria
Cases: 1
Sweden	26-05-2020	Swedish Supreme Court
Cases: 1
Uzbekistan	12-02-2021	The Judicial Chamber for Economic Cases, Tashkent
Cases: 1