Selected Cases by Article & Issues

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
Country Date Court
Arbitral Award 08-05-1997 Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Court of Arbitration
Cases: 1
Australia 24-05-2004 Supreme Court of Western Australia
Cases: 1
Denmark 04-12-2000 Oestre Landsret (Eastern High Court)
Cases: 1
France 15-05-1996 Cour d'Appel de Grenoble
France 18-12-1997 Tribunal de Grande Instance de Colmar
France 05-01-1999 Cour de Cassation
France 12-06-2001 Cour d'Appel de Colmar
France 30-06-2004 Cour de Cassation
Cases: 5
Germany 26-08-1994 Oberlandesgericht Köln
Germany 26-05-1998 Thüringener Oberlandesgericht
Germany 19-01-2001 Landesgericht Flensburg
Germany 28-05-2001 Oberlandesgericht Köln
Cases: 4
Hungary 20-12-1993 Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Court of Arbitration
Cases: 1
Italy 26-11-2002 Tribunale di Rimini
Italy 31-03-2004 Tribunale di Padova - Sez. Este
Italy 10-01-2006 Tribunale di Padova - Sez. Este
Italy 11-12-2008 Tribunale di Forlì
Italy 16-02-2009 Tribunale di Forlì
Cases: 5
Netherlands 08-04-1999 Rb. Arnhem
Cases: 1
Poland 10-11-2005 Supreme Court of Poland
Cases: 1
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
3 Convention as 'lex mercatoria' 13
Article 218 Cases
Article 350 Cases
Article 4160 Cases
Article 51 Cases
Article 684 Cases
Article 7219 Cases
Article 896 Cases
Article 954 Cases
Article 109 Cases
Article 1134 Cases
Article 126 Cases
Article 132 Cases
Article 1449 Cases
Article 150 Cases
Article 163 Cases
Article 170 Cases
Article 1881 Cases
Article 1950 Cases
Article 200 Cases
Article 211 Cases
Article 220 Cases
Article 239 Cases
Article 245 Cases
Article 2599 Cases
Article 2623 Cases
Article 279 Cases
Article 283 Cases
Article 2924 Cases
Article 3017 Cases
Article 3156 Cases
Article 323 Cases
Article 3326 Cases
Article 344 Cases
Article 35144 Cases
Article 3628 Cases
Article 370 Cases
Article 3891 Cases
Article 39244 Cases
Article 4032 Cases
Article 412 Cases
Article 426 Cases
Article 432 Cases
Article 4410 Cases
Article 4541 Cases
Article 4613 Cases
Article 4724 Cases
Article 489 Cases
Article 49115 Cases
Article 5044 Cases
Article 5116 Cases
Article 525 Cases
Article 5377 Cases
Article 5410 Cases
Article 559 Cases
Article 560 Cases
Article 5770 Cases
Article 5820 Cases
Article 5925 Cases
Article 607 Cases
Article 6124 Cases
Article 6224 Cases
Article 6314 Cases
Article 6428 Cases
Article 651 Cases
Article 664 Cases
Article 6717 Cases
Article 680 Cases
Article 696 Cases
Article 701 Cases
Article 7129 Cases
Article 729 Cases
Article 7318 Cases
Article 74154 Cases
Article 7548 Cases
Article 7617 Cases
Article 7744 Cases
Article 78230 Cases
Article 7940 Cases
Article 8014 Cases
Article 8135 Cases
Article 8211 Cases
Article 831 Cases
Article 8429 Cases
Article 855 Cases
Article 867 Cases
Article 874 Cases
Article 8810 Cases
Article 890 Cases
Article 901 Cases
Article 910 Cases
Article 9210 Cases
Article 934 Cases
Article 940 Cases
Article 954 Cases
Article 966 Cases
Article 970 Cases
Article 980 Cases
Article 992 Cases
Article 10022 Cases
Article 1010 Cases
Total Cases in the database 3754