International trade law

A bank’s refusal is valid only if it complies with article 16 of UCP 600: a single notice, within five

A conformity claim raised eight months after delivery is most often out of time: the buyer had to examine the

A foreign buyer who refuses the goods without proving a defect is in breach of contract: he must take delivery

Exporter disputes come down to six situations: the unpaid invoice, the refusal of the goods, the late conformity claim, the

No treaty on the enforcement of judgments is in force between France and Canada: the convention signed in Ottawa on

In January 2026, a Grenoble software publisher claimed from a Shenzhen electronics manufacturer 7.7 million yuan, a little over one

In February 2026, a Lyon manufacturer of bottling machinery and its Texan distributor fell out over the termination of an

In July 2026, a Lyon manufacturer of packaging machinery claimed one million euros from its Vietnamese distributor under an exclusivity

In March 2026, a Marseille charterer and a Greek shipowner fell out over 1.1 million euros of demurrage and cargo