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 (1) A party who is bound to preserve the goods in accordance with article 85 or 86 may sell them by any appropriate means if there has been an unreasonable delay by the other party in taking possession of the goods or in taking them back or in paying the price or the cost of preservation, provided that reasonable notice of the intention to sell has been given to the other party.

(2) If the goods are subject to rapid deterioration or their preservation would involve unreasonable expense, a party who is bound to preserve the goods in accordance with article 85 or 86 must take reasonable measures to sell them. To the extent possible he must give notice to the other party of his intention to sell.

(3) A party selling the goods has the right to retain out of the proceeds of sale an amount equal to the reasonable expenses of preserving the goods and of selling them. He must account to the other party for the balance.


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BACHER K. Artt. 85-88 CISG in: SCHLECHTRIEM P. / SCHWENZER I. (eds.), Kommentar zum Einheitlichen UN-Kaufrecht, 4th ed., C.H. Beck, München 2004, 821-838
BACHER K. Arts. 85-88 CISG in: Schlechtriem P. / Schwenzer I. (eds.), Commentary on the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, 897-914
BARRERA GRAF J. Arts. 85-88 CISG in: BIANCA C.M. / BONELL M.J. (eds.), Commentary on the International Sales Law, Giuffrè, Milano 1987, 613-632
BARRERA GRAF, J. Convención de Viena sobre la compraventa internacional de mercaderías. Comentarios de los artículos 85 a 88 ANUARIO JURIDICO, 1984, 271-292
BENEDICK G. Die Informationspflichten im UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) und ihre Verletzung. Munich 2008, Sellier
EBERSTEIN H.H. Arts. 85-88 CISG in: Schlechtriem P. (ed.), Commentary on the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), Oxford 1998, 666-684
EBERSTEIN H.H. Artt. 85-88 CISG in: CAEMMERER VON E. / SCHLECHTRIEM P., Kommentar zum Einheitlichen UN-Kaufrecht - CISG, München 1990, 717-736
MAZZOTTA F.G., Preservation of the goods: comparison of articles 85 - 88 CISG and counterpart provisions of the Principles of European Contract Law in Nordic Journal of Commercial Law, 2004/1
SAIEGH S., Avoidance under the CISG and its challenges under international organizations commercial transactions in: The Journal of Law and Commerce, Vol. 25, Issue 1, 2005, pp. 443-449
VAZQUEZ LEPINETTE, T., La conservación de las mercaderías en la compraventa internacional (Valencia), 1995, 551