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CISG-online number
4463
Case name
Electronic electricity meters case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. zivilrechtliche Abteilung (1st department for civil law matters)
Judges
Christina Kiss (Presiding Judge), Fabienne Hohl (Judge), Kathrin Klett (Judge), Marie-Chantal May Canellas (Judge), Martha Niquille (Judge), Linus Hug (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
28 May 2019
Case nr./docket nr.
4A_543/2018
Claimant 1
Respondents 2
Case History
Sellers 2
Buyer 1
Category of goods
87: Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
35,000 electronic electricity meters
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 1(2); Art. 4(a) (burden of proof; domestic remedies for mistake not applicable to CISG contracts); Art. 6; Art. 7(1)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 2(c); Art. 14(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 3; Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 8(3); Art. 14 et seq.; Art. 18(1); Art. 35 et seq.; Art. 35(3); Art. 36(2); Art. 39(2); Art. 45; Art. 49; Art. 51(2); Art. 73; Art. 79(1)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof; Rescission of contract under domestic law because of party's mistake (error) at contract formation
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 31
This decision cites the following CISG-AC Opinion 1
This decision is cited by 4
Decision published in 2
CLOUT number
1980
Comments on this decision 9
Full text and abstract of decision 2
