Selected Cases by Article & Issues

Article 35144 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.

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# Cases

Seller's obligation to deliver conforming goods

1.1

According to contract

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	00-01-1997	ICC Court of Arbitration - Zurich
Arbitral Award	07-04-1999	CIETAC China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Arbitral Award	18-04-2008	CIETAC China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Cases: 3
Austria	09-11-1995	Oberlandesgericht Graz
Austria	21-03-2000	Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 2
China	25-12-2008	Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court
China	25-11-2013	High People’s Court of Tianjin Municipality
Cases: 2
Czech Republic	29-03-2006	Supreme Court of the Czech Republic
Cases: 1
Denmark	31-01-2002	So -og Handelsretten (The Maritime and Commercial Court of Copenhagen)
Denmark	21-12-2004	Vestre Landsret (Western High Court
Cases: 2
Finland	29-01-1998	Helsinki Court of Appeal
Finland	24-05-2005	Court of Appeal of Turku
Cases: 2
France	13-12-1995	Cour d'Appel de Paris
France	23-01-1996	Cour de Cassation
France	04-06-2004	Cour d'Appel de Paris
Cases: 3
Germany	20-04-1994	Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main
Germany	21-08-1995	Landgericht Ellwangen
Germany	19-04-1996	Landgericht Aachen
Germany	25-06-1996	Landgericht Paderborn
Germany	08-01-1997	Oberlandesgericht Köln
Germany	25-11-1998	Bundesgerichtshof
Germany	25-09-2002	Oberlandesgericht Rostock
Cases: 7
Italy	03-07-2013	Tribunale di Foggia
Italy	24-01-2014	Tribunale di Trento
Italy	17-06-2019	Tribunale di Trieste
Cases: 3
Mexico	29-04-1996	COMPROMEX, Comisión para la Protección del Comercio Exterior de Mexico
Cases: 1
Netherlands	17-07-1997	Arrondissementsrechtbank Arnhem
Netherlands	27-04-1999	Hof Arnhem
Netherlands	18-07-2006	Gerechtshof Arnhem
Cases: 3
Republic of Korea	29-11-2013	Seoul Central District Court
Cases: 1
Russian Federation	03-10-2011	Federal Arbitration Court of the North Caucasus Area, Krasnodar
Cases: 1
Spain	03-10-2002	Audiencia Provincial de Pontevedra
Spain	05-02-2004	Audiencia Provincial de Cantabria
Spain	22-03-2007	Audiencia Provincial de Madrid
Spain	10-03-2016	Audencia Provincial - Pontevedra
Cases: 4
Switzerland	22-12-2000	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Switzerland	13-01-2004	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Switzerland	07-07-2004	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Cases: 3
USA	06-12-1995	U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
USA	29-10-2009	U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
USA	06-07-2010	United States District Court for the District of Colorado
USA	08-08-2019	U.S. District Court, D. Idaho.
Cases: 4