Article 3891 Cases (1) The buyer must examine the goods, or cause them to be examined, within as short a period as is practicable in the circumstances.

(2) If the contract involves carriage of goods, examination may be deferred until after the goods have arrived at their destination.

(3) If the goods are redirected in transit or redispatched by the buyer without a reasonable opportunity for examination by him and at the time of the conclusion of the contract the seller knew or ought to have known of the possibility of such redirection or redispatch, examination may be deferred until after the goods have arrived at the new direction.

Number

Issue

# Cases

Buyer's obligation to examine the goods

1.1

Proper examination of the goods

1.2

Timely examination of the goods

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	00-00-1989	ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris
Arbitral Award	00-00-1995	CIETAC China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Cases: 2
Austria	27-08-1999	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	14-01-2002	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	16-12-2015	Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 3
Belgium	27-06-1997	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Kortrjik
Belgium	06-10-1997	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Kortrijk
Belgium	19-05-1999	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt
Belgium	25-04-2001	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Veurne
Belgium	12-05-2003	Hof van Beroep, Gent
Cases: 5
Germany	31-08-1989	Landgericht Stuttgart
Germany	03-04-1990	Landgericht Aachen
Germany	08-01-1993	Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
Germany	01-12-1993	Landgericht Hannover
Germany	10-02-1994	Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
Germany	21-10-1994	Amtsgericht Riedlingen
Germany	26-03-1996	Landgericht Saarbrücken
Germany	17-04-1996	Landgericht Duisburg
Germany	18-11-1999	Oberlandesgericht Koblenz
Germany	30-11-1999	Landesgericht Köln
Germany	05-12-2000	Oberlandesgericht Oldenburg
Germany	19-01-2001	Landesgericht Flensburg
Germany	21-03-2003	Landgericht Berlin
Germany	19-05-2008	Oberlandesgericht Köln
Cases: 14
Italy	12-07-2000	Tribunale di Vigevano
Italy	11-12-2008	Tribunale di Forlì
Cases: 2
Netherlands	19-12-1991	Arrondissementsrechtbank Roermond
Netherlands	05-03-1997	Arrondissementsrechtbank Zwolle
Netherlands	20-01-2000	Rechtbank Rotterdam
Netherlands	02-01-2007	Gerechtshof's-Hertogenbosch
Netherlands	09-03-2010	Gerechtshof's-Arnhem
Cases: 5
Poland	30-05-2018	Białystok Court of Appeal
Cases: 1
Spain	17-01-2008	Tribunal Supremo
Cases: 1
Switzerland	27-04-1992	Pretura di Locarno-Campagna
Switzerland	30-11-1998	Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich
Cases: 2
Turkey	16-04-2019	9th Commercial Court, Istanbul
Cases: 1
USA	17-12-2001	U.S. District Court, S.D., Michigan
USA	28-05-2003	U.S. District Court, North. District, Illinois, East. Div.
USA	21-05-2004	U.S. District Court, North. District, Illinois, East. Div.
USA	30-03-2010	U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Cases: 4