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

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

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	00-00-1992	ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris
Arbitral Award	00-11-1996	ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris
Cases: 2
Belgium	09-10-1996	Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt
Belgium	24-04-2006	Hof van Beroep, Antwerpen
Cases: 2
France	28-11-2002	Cour d'appel de Grenoble - Chambre commerciale
Cases: 1
Germany	03-04-1990	Landgericht Aachen
Germany	24-04-1990	Amtsgericht Oldenburg in Holstein
Germany	26-09-1990	Landgericht Hamburg
Germany	30-09-1992	Landgericht Berlin
Germany	01-12-1993	Landgericht Memmingen
Germany	18-01-1994	Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main
Germany	08-03-1995	Amtsgericht Wangen
Germany	25-01-1996	Landgericht München
Germany	25-06-1996	Amtsgericht Bottrop
Cases: 9
Netherlands	02-10-1997	Gerechtshof's Hertogenbosch
Cases: 1
Switzerland	01-09-1994	Kantonsgericht Zug
Switzerland	21-09-1995	Handelsgericht Zürich
Switzerland	05-12-1995	Handelsgericht St. Gallen
Switzerland	10-07-1996	Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich
Switzerland	05-02-1997	Handelsgericht Zürich
Switzerland	19-12-1997	Handelsgericht des Kantons Aargau
Switzerland	28-10-1998	Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
Switzerland	25-02-1999	Kantonsgericht des Kantons Zug
Cases: 8

4.1

Consideration not required

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