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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Issue

# Cases

Seller's obligation to deliver conforming goods

1.1

According to contract

1.2

According to Convention

1.2.1

Fitness for ordinary use

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	15-10-2002	Netherlands Arbitration Institute
Cases: 1
Argentina	24-04-2000	Camara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Comercial de Buenos Aires - Sala E
Cases: 1
Australia	24-05-2004	Supreme Court of Western Australia
Australia	28-09-2010	Federal Court of Australia
Cases: 2
Austria	23-05-2005	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	25-01-2006	Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 2
Belgium	18-01-2002	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Mechelen
Belgium	10-05-2004	Hof van Hoger Beroep, Gent
Cases: 2
China	31-07-2023	Higher People’s Court of Zhejiang Province
Cases: 1
Denmark	21-12-2004	Vestre Landsret (Western High Court
Cases: 1
France	23-01-1996	Cour de Cassation
France	15-05-1996	Cour d'Appel de Grenoble
France	17-12-1996	Cour de Cassation
France	04-06-2004	Cour d'Appel de Paris
France	12-09-2013	Cour d'appel Bordeaux
Cases: 5
Germany	18-01-1994	Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main
Germany	20-04-1994	Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main
Germany	15-09-1994	Landgericht Berlin
Germany	08-03-1995	Bundesgerichtshof
Germany	24-09-1998	Landgericht Regensburg
Germany	24-03-1999	Bundesgerichtshof
Germany	02-03-2005	Bundesgerichtshof
Germany	26-09-2012	Bundesgerichtshof
Cases: 8
Italy	11-12-2008	Tribunale di Forlì
Italy	24-07-2018	Tribunale di Arezzo
Italy	17-06-2019	Tribunale di Trieste
Italy	05-07-2019	Tribunale di Pisa
Italy	24-11-2020	Corte Suprema di Cassazione
Italy	12-12-2022	Corte Suprema di Cassazione
Cases: 6
New Zealand	22-07-2011	Court of Appeal of New Zealand
Cases: 1
Republic of Korea	05-12-2008	Seoul Central District Court
Cases: 1
Spain	02-03-2000	Audiencia Provincial de Granada
Spain	11-05-2012	Fuenlabrada Court of First Instance
Cases: 2
Switzerland	21-09-1998	Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich
Switzerland	10-10-2005	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Cases: 2
USA	17-05-1999	U.S. District Court, E.D., Louisiana
USA	23-08-2006	U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Cases: 2