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

1.2.1

As soon as practicable under the circumstances

Country	Date	Court
Argentina	31-05-2007	Camara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Comercial de Buenos Aires - Sala A
Cases: 1
Austria	14-01-2002	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	28-02-2023	Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 2
Belgium	06-10-1997	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Kortrijk
Belgium	29-01-2001	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Ieper
Belgium	06-03-2002	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt
Belgium	02-12-2002	Hof van Beroep, Gent
Cases: 4
Denmark	31-01-2002	So -og Handelsretten (The Maritime and Commercial Court of Copenhagen)
Cases: 1
France	26-05-1999	Cour de Cassation
France	06-11-2001	Cour d'Appel de Paris
Cases: 2
Germany	31-08-1989	Landgericht Stuttgart
Germany	03-04-1990	Landgericht Aachen
Germany	16-09-1992	Landgericht Berlin
Germany	08-01-1993	Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
Germany	23-06-1994	Landgericht Düsseldorf
Germany	05-04-1995	Landgericht Landshut
Germany	25-06-1997	Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe
Germany	21-08-1997	Oberlandesgericht Köln
Germany	11-03-1998	Oberlandesgericht München
Germany	26-05-1998	Thüringener Oberlandesgericht
Germany	03-06-1998	Oberlandesgericht Saarbrücken
Germany	11-09-1998	Oberlandesgericht Koblenz
Germany	03-11-1999	Bundesgerichtshof
Germany	05-12-2000	Oberlandesgericht Oldenburg
Germany	19-01-2001	Landesgericht Flensburg
Germany	22-08-2002	Oberlandesgericht Schleswig
Germany	30-06-2004	Bundesgerichtshof
Cases: 17
Italy	12-04-2011	Tribunale di Reggio Emilia
Italy	31-01-2023	Tribunale di Napoli Nord
Cases: 2
Netherlands	19-12-1991	Arrondissementsrechtbank Roermond
Netherlands	17-06-1997	Gerechtshof's Arnhem
Netherlands	15-12-1997	Gerechtshof's Hertogenbosch
Netherlands	20-02-1998	Hoge Raad
Netherlands	27-04-1999	Hof Arnhem
Netherlands	20-01-2000	Rechtbank Rotterdam
Netherlands	16-01-2009	Rechtbank Breda
Netherlands	11-02-2009	Rechtbank Arnhem
Netherlands	05-01-2022	Rechtbank Noord-Holland
Cases: 9
Poland	17-02-2016	Lodz Court of Appeal
Cases: 1
Slovakia	24-02-2009	District Court Komarno
Cases: 1
Spain	16-02-2012	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Provincial High Court
Cases: 1
Switzerland	27-04-1992	Pretura di Locarno-Campagna
Switzerland	08-01-1997	Obergericht Kanton Luzern
Switzerland	07-07-2004	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Switzerland	18-08-2008	Obergericht des Kantons Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Cases: 4