Article 7219 Cases
(1) In the interpretation of this Convention, regard is to be had to its international character and to the need to promote uniformity in its application and the observance of good faith in international trade.
(2) Questions concerning matters governed by this Convention which are not expressly settled in it are to be settled in conformity with the general principles on which it is based or, in the absence of such principles, in conformity with the law applicable by virtue of the rules of private international law.
| Number |
Issue |
# Cases |
| 1 |
Interpretation of Convention |
3 |
| 1.1 |
Consideration of international character of Convention |
24 |
| 1.1.1 |
Recourse to Convention's legislative history |
6 |
| 1.2 |
Need for uniform application of Convention |
23 |
| 1.2.1 |
Recourse to foreign case law and scholarly writing |
57 |
| 2 |
Gaps in Convention |
1 |
| 2.1 |
Matters governed but not expressly settled by Convention |
51 |
| 2.2 |
Matters excluded from scope of Convention (see art. 4) |
15 |
| 2.3 |
Methods for filling in gaps |
4 |
| 2.3.1 |
Application by analogy of other provisions of Convention |
9 |
| 2.3.2 |
Recourse to general principles of Convention |
25 |
| Country |
Date |
Court |
| Arbitral Award |
15-06-1994 |
Internationales Schiedsgericht der Bundeskammer der gewerblichen Wirtschaft - Wien (Vienna), Austria |
| Arbitral Award |
15-06-1994 |
Internationales Schiedsgericht der Bundeskammer der gewerblichen Wirtschaft - Wien (Vienna), Austria |
| Arbitral Award |
00-00-1995 |
ICC Court of Arbitration, Basel |
| Arbitral Award |
15-10-2002 |
Netherlands Arbitration Institute |
| Arbitral Award |
28-01-2009 |
Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce |
| Cases: 5 |
| Austria |
07-09-2000 |
Oberster Gerichtshof |
| Cases: 1 |
| France |
23-10-1996 |
Cour d'Appel de Grenoble |
| France |
14-01-1998 |
Cour d'Appel de Paris, 1ére chambre, section D |
| Cases: 2 |
| Germany |
02-07-1993 |
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf |
| Germany |
26-09-2012 |
Bundesgerichtshof |
| Germany |
24-09-2014 |
Bundesgerichshof |
| Cases: 3 |
| Italy |
29-12-1999 |
Tribunale di Pavia |
| Italy |
12-07-2000 |
Tribunale di Vigevano |
| Italy |
17-06-2019 |
Tribunale di Trieste |
| Cases: 3 |
| Netherlands |
27-02-2008 |
Rechtbank Breda |
| Cases: 1 |
| Spain |
17-12-2019 |
Ad hoc Arbitration |
| Cases: 1 |
| Sweden |
26-05-2020 |
Swedish Supreme Court |
| Cases: 1 |
| Switzerland |
09-09-1993 |
Handelsgericht Zürich |
| Switzerland |
11-06-1999 |
Handelsgericht des Kantons Aargau |
| Switzerland |
07-07-2004 |
Schweizerisches Bundesgericht |
| Switzerland |
19-09-2005 |
Tribunal Cantonal Valais |
| Switzerland |
28-01-2009 |
Tribunal cantonal du Valais |
| Cases: 5 |
| USA |
26-03-2002 |
U.S. District Court, S.D., New York |
| USA |
21-06-2002 |
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit |
| USA |
21-05-2004 |
U.S. District Court, North. District, Illinois, East. Div. |
| Cases: 3 |
|
| 2.3.2.1 |
Examples of general principles |
26 |
| 2.3.2.2 |
Recourse to UNIDROIT Principles |
27 |
| 2.3.3 |
Recourse to domestic law |
20 |
| 2.3.3.1 |
Applicable law determined by choice of law rules of forum |
22 |
| 2.3.3.2 |
Applicable choice of law rules in arbitration |
3 |
| 3 |
Concept of good faith in international trade |
1 |
| 3.1 |
Significance of good faith in international trade |
3 |
| 3.2 |
Good faith as aid in interpretation of Convention |
8 |
| 3.3 |
Good faith as a general principle of Convention |
18 |
| 3.3.1 |
Good faith during negotiations |
5 |
| 3.3.2 |
Good faith in interpretation of contract |
5 |
| 3.3.3 |
Good faith in performance of contract |
14 |