Article 78230 Cases If a party fails to pay the price or any other sum that is in arrears, the other party is entitled to interest on it, without prejudice to any claim for damages recoverable under article 74.

Number

Issue

# Cases

Right to interest

1.1

In case of late payment of price

1.2

In case of other sums in arrears

Applicable interest rate

2.1

Determined by domestic law of creditor's State

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	00-00-1992	ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris
Arbitral Award	00-04-1997	ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris
Cases: 2
Belgium	20-09-2005	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt
Cases: 1
Germany	31-08-1989	Landgericht Stuttgart
Germany	24-04-1990	Amtsgericht Oldenburg in Holstein
Germany	26-09-1990	Landgericht Hamburg
Germany	13-06-1991	Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main
Germany	16-09-1991	Landgericht Frankfurt am Main
Germany	18-01-1994	Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main
Germany	24-01-1994	Kammergericht Berlin
Germany	21-10-1994	Amtsgericht Riedlingen
Germany	06-10-1995	Amtsgericht Kehl
Germany	13-04-2000	Amtsgericht Duisburg
Germany	03-04-2006	Oberlandesgericht Köln
Cases: 11
Hungary	24-03-1992	Metropolitan Court of Budapest
Cases: 1
Russian Federation	15-04-1994	Tribunal of Int'l Commercial Arbitration at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce
Cases: 1
Switzerland	09-12-1994	Bezirksgericht Arbon
Switzerland	03-07-1997	Bezirksgericht St. Gallen
Cases: 2
USA	21-05-2004	U.S. District Court, North. District, Illinois, East. Div.
Cases: 1

2.1.1

Recourse to statutory rate of interest

2.1.2

Recourse to average bank lending rate of interest

2.2

Determined by domestic law of debtor's State

2.3

Determined by domestic law governing the contract in the absence of CISG

103

2.4

Determined by domestic law of place of payment

2.5

Interest rate currently used with respect to currency of account

Interest accrual

Other claims for damages according to Art. 74

4.1

Consideration not required

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