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General Terms of Sale and Delivery
General Terms of Sale and Delivery of Weima Maschinenbau GmbH
§ 1 General
1. The following terms and conditions are exclusively applicable for all
quotations submitted by us and for all contracts entered into with us. Any
pricelists handed in or dispatched by us are to be regarded as quoted prices
without commitment. The customer's purchasing terms and conditions apply only if
they are acknowledged by us. Such acknowledgement is to be effected in writing.
No verbal subsidiary agreements have been entered into. Our terms and conditions
of sale are also applicable if we effect delivery to the customer without
reservation in the knowledge of terms and conditions of the customer which
oppose or deviate from our terms and con-ditions of sale.
2. If we send the customer documents relating to a machine, this transmission
represents only a request to the customer to submit us an offer. We reserve the
right to make alterations in the course of technical progress. Any offer is
subject to prior sale. A contract does not become ef-fective until our
confirmation of order or the delivery of the goods.
§ 2 Prices and Payment
1. Unless otherwise specified in our confirmation of order, our prices are in
Euro, net ex works.
These prices do in particular not include value added tax (VAT), costs for
customs and excise, insurance, transport, unloading and packaging. VAT - if
applicable - will be calculated separately at the statutory rate on the date of
invoicing.
2. Commissioning - unless specified in the confirmation of order - and
installation and repair contracts require separate arrangements.
3. Any consultancy and services requested by the customer over and above the
agreed scope of order can be invoiced separately.
4. We reserve the right to dispatch goods cash on delivery or cash before
delivery. In the event of default of payment on the part of the customer
interest will be charged, acc. to section 288 subsection 2 of the German Civil
Code, at the rate of 8% above the basic rate of the Federal Bank. We are however
entitled to prove a higher damage caused by delay.
5. If, after conclusion of the contract, a significant deterioration of the
customer's financial condition is recognized which endangers our claims for
payment, or if the customer makes default, we may hold back outstanding
deliveries and demand immediate payment of all invoices, even of those which are
not already due, as well as advance payments and provision of security for
future deliveries. If the customer cannot raise this advance payment or the
security within a reasonable pe-riod of time fixed by us, we may withdraw from
the contract.
6. Payments by way of bill of exchange or cheque will only be accepted in
payment and by special agreement and only by eligibility for rediscount and
against consideration for the costs payable by the customer in cash, in
particular discounts, bills, banking charges and stamp duties.
7. The customer is only entitled to set off rights if his counterclaims have
been legally established and are undisputed or have been acknowledged by us. Any
possible lien can only be exercised if a counterclaim results from the same
contractual relationship.
§ 3 Delivery and Delivery Periods
1. If any delivery date is exceeded, the customer is entitled to set a
reasonable time extension (at least four weeks) and may, upon fruitless expiry
of this term, withdraw from the contract. The customer is entitled to claim for
damage only in the scope of section 5 subsections 5 and 6 of the present General
Terms.
2. Cases of force majeur and unforeseen events, in particular production or
delivery failures, either at our company or that of our suppliers, release us
from our obligation for the duration of the interruption and during an
appropriate initial period and to the extent of their effect. During this period,
the customer can neither cancel the contract nor claim damage, unless the
failure is caused by us deliberately or results from gross negligence. This also
applies if the failure occurs during an existing delay. If such events have an
affect on the performance capacity, we are entitled to adapt the contract
accordingly or, if the complete discharge is not economically tenable, to cancel
the contract either wholly or in part.
3. Shipments are, as a matter of principle, effected "ex works" (EXW Incoterms
2000) our premises for the customer's account. Accordingly transfer of risk
takes place when the object of supply is put at the disposal of the first
carrier for transmission to the customer.
4. At the request of the customer, we will have the consignment covered by
transport insurance for which the customer shall bear any costs incurred.
§ 4 Reservation of ownership
1. We remain the owners of the goods supplied by us until all payments due to us,
including future debts arising from the business relationship with the customer,
have been discharged in full.
2. On default of payment, the reservation of ownership entitles us to recover
the reserved goods without prior notice. In this case, the customer is obliged
to surrender the goods. A previous withdrawal from the contract on the part of
the vendor is not necessary. The recovery of the reserved property is not
considered a withdrawal from the contract, even if this is not expressly
indicated.
3. The customer is obliged to treat the purchased article with care and is in
particular obliged to arrange for adequate insurance against fire, waterdamage
and theft for replacement value of the same at his own expense.
4. The customer is entitled to resell the object of supply in the ordinary
course of business, provided that the operating instructions of Weima belonging
the respective object of delivery have always been delivered; however, he
herewith assigns to us in the amount of our final invoice (incl. VAT) all claims
against his purchasers or third parties accruing from the further sale to his
buyers or third parties, and independent of whether the object of supply was
resold with or without it being processed. The customer remains entitled to
collect this claim, even subsequent to the assign-ment. The right of the
customer to resell or collect claims for payment shall extinguish as soon as he
gets into arrears for even one invoice or verges on insolvency.
5. The customer shall always perform any processing or machining and any
transformation of the goods on our behalf without any obligation being incurred
by us as a result.
If the goods are permanently connected to any other object, we shall acquire
co-ownership of the new object in proportion to the invoice value of the goods
to the other connected objects applicable at the time of such connection.
However, even though we acquire co-property on the new object, we shall only be
held liable for claims caused by our goods within the scope of sections 5 and 6.
If any claims are raised against us directly by a third party who has purchased
the goods from our customer, we have a right to exemption towards our customer,
in so far as we would not be liable within the scope of sections 5 and 6 towards
him.
6. In the case of cheque/bill of exchange procedures, our reservation of
ownership shall not extinguish until the customer has discharged all his
liabilities to us in full.
7. Neither the discontinuance of any individual claim in a current account nor
the settlement of an current account shall invalidate our reservation of
ownership in all stages. If any claim assigned to us from the resale of goods is
incorporated by the customer into an existing current account rela-tionship with
his customers, the current account claim is to be assigned to us in the amount
of our final invoice (incl. VAT). Upon settlement, this amount will be replaced
by the acknowledged bal-ance, assigned to us in the amount of our original claim.
8. We undertake to release the securities to which we are entitled insofar as
their value exceeds the claims to be secured by more than 20%, unless these have
been discharged.
§ 5 Warranty
1. The claims of the customer which are based on warranty are statute-barred
after one year starting with the delivery of the object of supply.
2. The warranty rights of the customer are conditional on the customer's having
properly fulfilled his examination and complaint obligations in accordance with
Art. 38, 39 of the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) or
with section 377 HGB (German Commercial Code). Written notice of detectable
deficiencies must be sent to us without delay, however at the latest within 10
days of receipt of the goods. The receiving date of such notification by us is
decisive.
3. We are liable for defects to the extent that the delivered article will be
repaired or replaced at our option if it has provably been rendered useless or
its serviceability impaired as the result of any circumstance occurring prior to
the transfer of risk. Replaced parts are our property. We shall exercise this
option right within two weeks starting with the assertion of the respective
rights on the part of the customer. Otherwise the option right shall be
exercised by the customer.
If any repair or replacement delivery is not effected within an appropriate term,
taking into account our delivery facilities, the customer is entitled to a
cancellation of the contract or to a reduction of payment (abatement). We are
liable for substantial outside products only after previous judi-cial recourse
against the supplier of the outside product. We assign our warranty claims
against the supplier of the outside product to the customer.
4. The purchaser shall give us the necessary time and opportunity to effect all
repairs and replacement deliveries which seem necessary at our discretion,
otherwise we shall be released from the warranty responsibility.
5. In the event of intention or gross negligence on our part, or on the part of
our legal representatives and executives, regardless of the cause in law
whatsoever, we shall be liable according to the statutory provisions unless no
further restrictions result from the following provisions.
In the event of culpable violation of essential contractual obligations as well
as in the event of gross fault or intention of persons employed in the
performance of our obligations, our liability is limited to compensation for
damage which can be typically foreseen. Any further claims of the customer -
regardless of the cause of law - are excluded.
6. No liability is assumed in particular for damages caused as a result of the
following:
a) any consequential losses;
b) in the event of inappropriate or im proper use, of non-compliance with our
prescribed instructions, of non-observance of the supplied Weima operating
instructions, faulty working drawings of the customer, incorrect assembly or
operational start-up by the customer or others, natural wear, incorrect or
negligent treatment, improper maintenance, unsuitable operating materials,
imperfect structural operations, unsuitable foundations, chemical,
electrochemical or electrical influences, unless we are responsible for them;
c) in the event of improper repair by the customer himself or by a third party
for any resulting consequences;
d) in the event of changes to the object of supply by the customer or a third
party without our previous consent for any resulting consequences;
e) in the event of the object of supply being sold to a third party without
including in the scope of supply the Weima operating instructions relating to
the respective object of delivery for any resulting consequences.
7. Our non-liability does not extend to claims in accordance with sections 1, 4
of the German Product Liability Law. To the extent that our liability is
otherwise excluded or limited, this also applies to the personal liability of
our employees, workers, staff members, representatives and vicarious agents.
8. If we are held liable in a case of section 5 subsections 5 -7 by a third
party although our liability is excluded towards the customer who has resold the
goods to this third party, we have a right to be indemnified by our customer
against the claims of this third party.
§ 6 No liability for defects on used goods
Used goods are sold under exclusion of any warranty, provided that the customer
is an entrepreneur within the meaning of section 14 BGB (German Civil Code). To
other customers, the sale of used goods is effected as contractually arranged.
§ 7 Samples, drawings, tools
We retain our title and copyright to all illustrations, drawings, calculations
and other documents; it is not permitted to make these available to third
parties. This applies especially to any written documents which are designated "confidential";
our express written consent must be obtained before these are passed on to third
parties. This is also applicable if costs were calculated for tooling to be
manufactured on commission.
§ 8 Concluding provisions
1. Assurances and understandings with our representatives and employees require
our express written confirmation to become effective.
2. The customer may assign his rights from this contract to others only with our
consent. The same applies for the assignment of claims against us.
3. Our legal relations to the customer are governed by German law.
4. Unless otherwise arising from the confirmation of order, Ilsfeld, Germany,
shall be the place of performance for both sides of these legal relations.
5. Provided the purchaser is a sole trader, a company, a corporation, a legal
entity in public law or a separate estate under public law, the district court
or county court Heilbronn, Germany, is accepted as the competent court for all
contractual and non-contractual disputes. We are, however, also entitled in
individual cases to take action at the commercial domicile of the customer.
6. If any of the above provisions should be wholly or partly ineffective, this
shall not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions.
The parties undertake to agree on an alternative provision which will as closely
as possible fulfil the commercial purpose of that clause, which is possibly
ineffective.
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