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.

Number

Issue

# Cases

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

1.1

Requirements for notice

1.1.1

Specification of nature of lack of conformity

1.2

Time of notice

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	00-00-1989	ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris
Arbitral Award	00-09-1997	ICC Court of Arbitration
Arbitral Award	15-10-2002	Netherlands Arbitration Institute
Cases: 3
Austria	27-08-1999	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	21-03-2000	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	14-01-2002	Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 3
Belgium	06-10-1997	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Kortrijk
Belgium	27-01-2004	Cour d'Appel, Liège
Cases: 2
Canada	31-08-1999	Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Cases: 1
France	13-09-1995	Cour d'Appel de Grenoble, Chambre Commerciale
France	29-01-1998	Cour d'Appel de Versailles, 12ème chambre, 1ère section
France	26-05-1999	Cour de Cassation
France	24-10-2000	Cour d'Appel de Colmar
France	27-09-2007	Cour d'Appel d'Amiens
Cases: 5
Germany	31-08-1989	Landgericht Stuttgart
Germany	03-04-1990	Landgericht Aachen
Germany	14-08-1991	Landgericht Baden-Baden
Germany	08-01-1993	Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
Germany	13-07-1994	Landgericht Frankfurt am Main
Germany	21-10-1994	Amtsgericht Riedlingen
Germany	20-03-1995	Landgericht München
Germany	23-05-1995	Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main
Germany	22-06-1995	Landgericht Kassel
Germany	26-03-1996	Landgericht Saarbrücken
Germany	17-04-1996	Landgericht Duisburg
Germany	21-08-1997	Oberlandesgericht Köln
Germany	11-03-1998	Oberlandesgericht München
Germany	26-05-1998	Thüringener Oberlandesgericht
Germany	11-09-1998	Oberlandesgericht Koblenz
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	25-09-2002	Oberlandesgericht Rostock
Germany	13-11-2002	Oberlandesgericht Munchen
Germany	21-03-2003	Landgericht Berlin
Cases: 22
Italy	31-01-1996	Tribunale Civile di Cuneo, Sez. I
Italy	30-01-1997	Pretura di Torino
Italy	26-11-2002	Tribunale di Rimini
Cases: 3
Mexico	03-10-2006	Juzgado Primero Civil de primera instancia del Distrito Judicial de Lerma de Villalba, Estado de México
Cases: 1
Netherlands	21-11-1990	Arrondissementsrechtbank Dordrecht
Netherlands	19-12-1991	Arrondissementsrechtbank Roermond
Netherlands	07-06-1995	Arrondissementsrechtbank Gravenhage
Netherlands	05-03-1997	Arrondissementsrechtbank Zwolle
Cases: 4
Spain	16-06-2000	Audiencia Provincial de Castellon
Cases: 1
Switzerland	27-04-1992	Pretura di Locarno-Campagna
Switzerland	03-12-1997	Kantonsgericht Nidwalden
Switzerland	16-09-1998	Bezirksgericht Unterrheintal
Switzerland	18-08-2008	Obergericht des Kantons Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Cases: 4
USA	28-05-2003	U.S. District Court, North. District, Illinois, East. Div.
Cases: 1