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 |
| 1 |
Material scope of application |
2 |
| 1.1 |
Contract of sale of goods |
20 |
| 1.1.1 |
Civil or commercial character of the contract not relevant |
0 |
| 1.1.2 |
Contracts for the sale of software |
5 |
| 1.1.3 |
Contracts similar to contract of sale |
1 |
| 1.1.3.1 |
Distributorship agreements |
27 |
| 1.1.3.2 |
Other cases (barter, counter-trade, works contracts, etc.) |
11 |
| 1.2 |
Parties with places of business in different States |
48 |
| 1.2.1 |
Concept of place of business |
3 |
| 1.2.2 |
Concept of different States |
3 |
| 1.2.2.1 |
Undisclosed foreign principal |
0 |
| 2 |
Territorial scope of application |
15 |
| 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 |
22 |
| 2.2.2 |
Choice of the law of Contracting State as governing law of contract |
68 |
| Country |
Date |
Court |
| Arbitral Award |
00-00-1993 |
ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris |
| Arbitral Award |
00-00-1994 |
ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris |
| Arbitral Award |
00-00-1994 |
ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris |
| Arbitral Award |
15-06-1994 |
Internationales Schiedsgericht der Bundeskammer der gewerblichen Wirtschaft - Wien (Vienna), Austria |
| Arbitral Award |
15-06-1994 |
Internationales Schiedsgericht der Bundeskammer der gewerblichen Wirtschaft - Wien (Vienna), Austria |
| Arbitral Award |
23-08-1994 |
ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris |
| Arbitral Award |
00-00-1995 |
ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris |
| Arbitral Award |
17-11-1995 |
Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Court of Arbitration |
| Arbitral Award |
21-03-1996 |
Schiedsgericht der Handelskammer - Hamburg, Germany |
| Arbitral Award |
10-12-1997 |
Schiedsgericht der Börse für Landwirtschaftliche Produkte - Wien |
| Arbitral Award |
24-01-2000 |
Tribunal of International Commercial Arbitration at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce |
| Arbitral Award |
00-00-2004 |
ICC International Court of Arbitration |
| Arbitral Award |
28-01-2009 |
Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce |
| Cases: 13 |
| Austria |
12-02-1998 |
Oberster Gerichtshof |
| Austria |
22-10-2001 |
Oberster Gerichtshof |
| Austria |
17-12-2003 |
Oberster Gerichtshof |
| Austria |
08-08-2005 |
Oberlandesgericht Linz |
| Cases: 4 |
| Belarus |
20-05-2003 |
Supreme Economic Court of the Republic of Belarus |
| Belarus |
20-05-2003 |
Supreme Economic Court of the Republic of Belarus |
| Cases: 2 |
| Belgium |
13-11-1992 |
Tribunal de Commerce de Bruxelles, 11ème ch. |
| Belgium |
01-03-1995 |
Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt |
| Belgium |
04-11-1998 |
Hof van Beroep, Antwerpen |
| Belgium |
15-05-2002 |
Hof van Beroep, Gent |
| Belgium |
27-01-2004 |
Cour d'Appel, Liège |
| Belgium |
24-04-2006 |
Hof van Beroep, Antwerpen |
| Belgium |
22-01-2007 |
Hof van Beroep, Antwerpen |
| Belgium |
22-01-2007 |
Hof van Beroep, Antwerpen |
| Cases: 8 |
| China |
24-04-2008 |
Zhejiang High People's Court |
| Cases: 1 |
| Egypt |
19-02-2023 |
Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) |
| Cases: 1 |
| France |
17-12-1996 |
Cour de Cassation |
| France |
17-02-2015 |
Cour de Cassation |
| Cases: 2 |
| Germany |
08-01-1993 |
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf |
| Germany |
17-09-1993 |
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz |
| Germany |
22-02-1994 |
Oberlandesgericht Köln |
| Germany |
29-05-1995 |
Landgericht München I |
| Germany |
09-06-1995 |
Oberlandesgericht Hamm |
| Germany |
11-10-1995 |
Landgericht Düsseldorf |
| Germany |
25-06-1997 |
Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe |
| Germany |
09-07-1997 |
Oberlandesgericht München |
| Germany |
09-07-1997 |
Oberlandesgericht München |
| Germany |
25-11-1998 |
Bundesgerichtshof |
| Germany |
27-12-1999 |
Oberlandesgericht Dresden |
| Germany |
26-01-2000 |
Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Hamburg |
| Germany |
30-08-2000 |
Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt |
| Germany |
10-10-2001 |
Oberlandesgericht Rostock |
| Germany |
28-05-2014 |
Bundesgerichshof |
| Cases: 15 |
| Italy |
14-01-1993 |
Tribunale Civile di Monza |
| Cases: 1 |
| Netherlands |
07-06-1995 |
Arrondissementsrechtbank Gravenhage |
| Netherlands |
02-10-1998 |
Rechtbank's-Hertogenbosch |
| Netherlands |
27-04-1999 |
Hof Arnhem |
| Netherlands |
31-08-2005 |
Gerechtshof Leeuwarden |
| Netherlands |
31-01-2008 |
Arrondissementsrechtbank Arnhem |
| Cases: 5 |
| Poland |
22-01-2014 |
Gdansk Court of Appeal |
| Cases: 1 |
| Republic of Korea |
21-09-2012 |
Seoul Central District Court |
| Cases: 1 |
| Russian Federation |
16-02-1998 |
High Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation |
| Cases: 1 |
| Singapore |
01-04-2014 |
High Court of Singapore |
| Cases: 1 |
| Switzerland |
20-01-2006 |
Cour de Justice de Genève |
| Switzerland |
17-07-2007 |
Schweizerisches Bundesgericht |
| Cases: 2 |
| Turkey |
16-04-2019 |
9th Commercial Court, Istanbul |
| Turkey |
31-03-2022 |
Istanbul Bolge Adliye Mahkemesi (Istanbul Regional Appellate Court) |
| Cases: 2 |
| Ukraine |
15-04-2004 |
Tribunal of International Commercial Arbitration at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Trade |
| Ukraine |
13-04-2007 |
Commercial Court of Donetsk Region |
| Ukraine |
11-12-2007 |
Supreme Commercial Court of Ukraine |
| Ukraine |
23-01-2012 |
Int'l Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukranian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| Cases: 4 |
| USA |
27-07-2001 |
U.S. District Court, N.D., California |
| USA |
29-01-2003 |
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division |
| USA |
11-06-2003 |
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| USA |
15-06-2005 |
U.S. District Court, New Jersey |
| Cases: 4 |
|
| 3 |
Convention as 'lex mercatoria' |
13 |