Data
- Date:
- 01-02-2007
- Country:
- Arbitral Award
- Number:
- 23/2006
- Court:
- International Arbitration Court of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
- Parties:
- Unknown
Keywords
SALES CONTRACT - BETWEEN AN ESTONIAN COMPANY AND A KAZAKH COMPANY - CONTRACT PROVIDED THAT RUSSIAN LAW WAS THE LAW GOVERNING THE CONTRACT - PARTIES SITUATED IN DIFFERENT CONTRACTING STATES OF CISG - CISG APPLICABLE
DELIVERY OF ONLY PART OF THE GOODS - ADVANCE PAYMENT OF PRICE - RESTITUTION OF PRICE PAID FOR GOODS NOT RECEIVED (ART. 81 CISG) - REFERENCE ALSO TO ARTS. 7.2.1, 7.2.2 AND 1.3 OF UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES
Abstract
Plaintiff, an Estonian company, entered into a contract with Defendant, a Kazakhstani company, for the purchase of certain goods.
When Defendant delivered only part of the goods, Plaintiff claimed damages for breach of contract and since it had paid in advance the full price of the goods, it claimed restitution of the sum corresponding to the price of the undelivered goods.
The contract provided that Russian law was the law governing the contract but since both parties had their places of business in States parties to the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG) the Arbitral Tribunal applied CISG.
As to the merits the Arbitral Tribunal decided in favor of Claimant. In so doing it referred to Art. 81 CISG stating that this provision expressed the universally established approach in dealing with situations such as that of the case in hand. In addition the Arbitral Tribunal pointed out that this approach was also confirmed in Arts. 7.2.1, 7.2.2 and 1.3 of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts.
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