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

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

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	00-06-1996	ICC Court of Arbitration
Arbitral Award	16-02-1998	Bulgarska turgosko-promishlena palata (Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Cases: 2
Austria	15-10-1998	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	26-11-2018	Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 2
Belarus	04-06-2003	Supreme Economic Court of the Republic of Belarus
Belarus	10-04-2008	Economic Court of the City of Minsk
Cases: 2
Belgium	08-03-2001	Cour d'Appel, Mons
Belgium	03-10-2007	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt
Cases: 2
Czech Republic	29-01-2019	Supreme Court of the Czech Republic
Cases: 1
Denmark	04-12-2000	Oestre Landsret (Eastern High Court)
Cases: 1
Finland	18-12-2013	Turku Court of Appeal
Cases: 1
France	22-04-1992	Cour d'Appel de Paris, 15ème chambre, section A
France	04-01-1995	Cour de Cassation
France	22-12-2006	Tribunal de Grande Instance de Strasbourg
France	04-11-2014	Cour de Cassation
France	09-07-2019	Cour de Cassation
France	26-10-2022	Cour de Cassation
France	21-11-2023	Cour d‘appel de Besançon
Cases: 7
Georgia	26-09-2011	Supreme Court
Cases: 1
Germany	28-02-2000	Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart, 5. Zivilsenat
Germany	21-11-2007	Oberlandesgericht Koblenz
Cases: 2
Italy	11-12-1998	Corte di Appello di Milano
Italy	26-11-2002	Tribunale di Rimini
Italy	29-05-2015	Tribunale di Trento
Italy	17-06-2019	Tribunale di Trieste
Cases: 4
Japan	03-06-2019	Tokyo Chiho Saibansho [District Court]
Cases: 1
Mexico	30-08-2005	Sixth Civil Court of First Instance, Tijuana, Baja California
Cases: 1
Netherlands	01-12-1999	Rechtbank Middelburg
Netherlands	09-07-2008	Arrondissementsrechtbank Maastricht
Netherlands	16-01-2009	Rechtbank Breda
Netherlands	19-08-2015	Rechtbank Den Haag
Cases: 4
Norway	07-06-2013	Agder Appeals Court
Cases: 1
Poland	27-01-2006	Supreme Court of Poland
Poland	11-05-2007	Supreme Court of Poland
Poland	16-04-2019	Court of Appeal of Warsaw
Cases: 3
Russian Federation	13-02-2006	Tribunal of Int'l Commercial Arbitration at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Russian Federation	03-10-2011	Federal Arbitration Court of the North Caucasus Area, Krasnodar
Cases: 2
Spain	17-12-2019	Ad hoc Arbitration
Spain	06-07-2020	Tribunal Supremo
Cases: 2
Switzerland	15-01-1998	Tribunale di Appello di Lugano, seconda camera civile
Switzerland	15-12-1998	Tribunale di Appello di Lugano, seconda camera civile
Switzerland	11-07-2000	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Switzerland	15-09-2000	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Switzerland	20-04-2016	Tribunale d'appello del Ticino
Switzerland	28-05-2019	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Cases: 6
USA	18-03-2008	U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
USA	18-01-2011	U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
USA	23-08-2016	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Cases: 3