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

1.2.1

Within reasonable time, but never more than two years, after buyer discovers or should have discovered lack of conformity

120

1.2.1.1

Contractual agreement for different period of guarantee

1.2.2

Waiver of the defence that notice is not timely

Failure to give timely notice

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	00-00-1994	ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris
Arbitral Award	15-06-1994	Internationales Schiedsgericht der Bundeskammer der gewerblichen Wirtschaft - Wien (Vienna), Austria
Arbitral Award	05-12-1995	Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Court of Arbitration
Arbitral Award	00-06-1996	ICC Court of Arbitration
Arbitral Award	10-12-1997	Schiedsgericht der Börse für Landwirtschaftliche Produkte - Wien
Arbitral Award	00-06-1999	ICC Court of Arbitration
Arbitral Award	00-08-1999	ICC Court of Arbitration
Cases: 7
Argentina	31-05-2007	Camara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Comercial de Buenos Aires - Sala A
Cases: 1
Austria	27-08-1999	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	21-03-2000	Oberster Gerichtshof
Austria	28-02-2023	Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 3
Belgium	28-04-2000	Hof van Beroep, Gent
Belgium	02-12-2002	Hof van Beroep, Gent
Belgium	12-05-2003	Hof van Beroep, Gent
Belgium	27-01-2004	Cour d'Appel, Liège
Cases: 4
Croatia	11-07-2007	High Commercial Court
Cases: 1
France	06-11-2001	Cour d'Appel de Paris
Cases: 1
Germany	03-07-1989	Landgericht München I
Germany	31-08-1989	Landgericht Stuttgart
Germany	14-08-1991	Landgericht Baden-Baden
Germany	16-09-1992	Landgericht Berlin
Germany	30-09-1992	Landgericht Berlin
Germany	08-01-1993	Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
Germany	13-01-1993	Oberlandesgericht Saarbrücken
Germany	12-03-1993	Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
Germany	17-09-1993	Oberlandesgericht Koblenz
Germany	10-02-1994	Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
Germany	21-10-1994	Amtsgericht Riedlingen
Germany	08-02-1995	Landgericht München
Germany	21-08-1995	Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart
Germany	15-02-1996	Landgericht Kassel
Germany	26-05-1998	Thüringener Oberlandesgericht
Germany	29-07-1998	Landgericht Erfurt
Germany	05-12-2000	Oberlandesgericht Oldenburg
Germany	25-01-2008	Oberlandesgericht Hamburg
Germany	19-05-2008	Oberlandesgericht Köln
Cases: 19
Netherlands	27-04-1999	Hof Arnhem
Netherlands	18-07-2006	Gerechtshof Arnhem
Cases: 2
Poland	07-02-2013	Szczecin Court of Appeal
Poland	30-05-2018	Białystok Court of Appeal
Poland	27-11-2018	Szczecin Court of Appeal
Cases: 3
Republic of Korea	29-11-2013	Seoul Central District Court
Cases: 1
Romania	06-06-2003	Inalta Curte de Casatie si Justitie
Cases: 1
Spain	20-06-1997	Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona
Spain	06-07-2020	Tribunal Supremo
Cases: 2
Switzerland	27-04-1992	Pretura di Locarno-Campagna
Switzerland	26-04-1995	Handelsgericht Zürich
Switzerland	29-06-1998	Tribunal Cantonal de Sion
Switzerland	16-09-1998	Bezirksgericht Unterrheintal
Switzerland	30-11-1998	Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich
Switzerland	08-06-1999	Tribunale d'appello di Lugano
Switzerland	29-02-2016	Cour d'appel Tribunal Cantonal Vaud
Cases: 7
USA	21-05-2004	U.S. District Court, North. District, Illinois, East. Div.
Cases: 1