Article 39239 Cases (1) The buyer loses the right to rely on lack of conformity of the goods if he does not give notice to the seller specifying the nature of the lack of conformity within a reasonable time after he has discovered it or ought to have discovered it.

(2) In any event, the buyer loses the right to rely on a lack of conformity of the goods if he does not give the seller notice thereof at the latest within a period of two years from the date on which the goods were actually handed over to the buyer, unless the time limit is inconsistent with a contractual period of guarantee.

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# Cases

Buyer's obligation to give seller notice of lack of conformity of goods

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	00-09-1996	ICC Court of Arbitration
Arbitral Award	00-01-1997	ICC Court of Arbitration - Zurich
Arbitral Award	00-08-1999	ICC Court of Arbitration
Cases: 3
Austria	30-06-1998	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	27-08-1999	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	21-03-2000	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	14-01-2002	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	23-01-2006	Oberlandesgericht Linz
Cases: 5
Belgium	08-03-2001	Cour d'Appel, Mons
Belgium	27-01-2004	Cour d'Appel, Liège
Cases: 2
Denmark	31-01-2002	So -og Handelsretten (The Maritime and Commercial Court of Copenhagen)
Cases: 1
Germany	09-11-1994	Landgericht Oldenburg
Germany	29-01-1996	Amtsgericht Augsburg
Germany	17-06-1996	Landgericht Hamburg
Germany	24-03-1998	Landgericht Berlin
Germany	24-09-1998	Landgericht Regensburg
Germany	13-01-1999	Oberlandesgericht Bamberg
Germany	18-11-1999	Oberlandesgericht Koblenz
Germany	30-11-1999	Landesgericht Köln
Germany	09-05-2000	Landgericht Darmstadt
Germany	05-12-2000	Oberlandesgericht Oldenburg
Germany	19-01-2001	Landesgericht Flensburg
Germany	20-02-2002	Landgericht München
Cases: 12
Netherlands	18-07-2006	Gerechtshof Arnhem
Cases: 1
Slovakia	24-02-2009	District Court Komarno
Slovakia	12-03-2009	District Court Komarno
Cases: 2
Spain	23-10-2007	Juzgado de Primera Instancia - La Laguna
Spain	17-01-2008	Tribunal Supremo
Cases: 2
Switzerland	09-09-1993	Handelsgericht Zürich
Switzerland	26-04-1995	Handelsgericht Zürich
Switzerland	16-09-1998	Bezirksgericht Unterrheintal
Switzerland	20-01-2006	Cour de Justice de Genève
Switzerland	02-04-2015	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Cases: 5