TÜV Rheinland Verification LabelGeneral Terms and Conditions of UsageTÜV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH— hereinafter “Licensor” —General(1) These General Terms and Conditions including Annex 1 – the Verification Label User Guideline- apply for the usage of TÜV Rheinland Verification Label (hereinafter: “Terms and Conditionsof Usage”) as part of the contract for participation in the Licensors Conformity assessment
system (TRLP General agreement with Testing and Verification Regulation; hereinafter:“Verification Agreement”) in combination with defined verification claims as they will be given inthe TÜV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH Verification Statement (hereinafter: “VerificationStatement”) for a certain product or service (hereinafter: “Contractual Product”).
(2) With the conclusion of the Verification Agreement, but at the latest with the consent given during
the download process for the Verification Label on the Verification Label download page and/or with the acceptance of the Verification Label as handed over by the Licensor to the Customer,
the Customer recognizes and accepts these Terms and Conditions of Usage.
(3) In order to be able to make reference to the verified Contractual Product, the Customer may
use the Licensor's Verification Label in the form - shown below as template - pursuant to theVerification Agreement and these Terms and Conditions of Usage, as well as according to therequirements of the Verification Label User Guideline.

(4) “TÜV Rheinland” is protected as trademark in various countries, e.g., in Germany under thetrademark register No. 30 66 795, in the European Union under the trademark register No. 004
963 393 and as international trademark under the trademark register No. 904 869 (hereinafter:“Trademark”) for TÜV Rheinland AG. The Licensor is affiliated with the holder of this and otherTrademarks under company law and gives assurance that it has been granted the necessary
rights to grant permission to use TÜV Rheinland as part of the Verification Label as shown
above.

v.01_2023 01 22_Verification_Label_License_Agreement_EN.docx-1-§ 1 Permission for usage(1) Starting with the granting of the Verification Statement issued pursuant to the Verification
Agreement and for the duration defined therein, the Licensor grants the Customer a simple
license for the usage of the Verification Label for the Contractual Product in the entire territorial
scope of validity of the Trademark pursuant to the specifications of § 2.
(2) A usage for other products or services, even if they are of a similar design or content, is notcovered by these Terms and Conditions of Usage and not permitted either. In the event of abreach, the Licensor is free, among others, to demand a contractual penalty pursuant to § 5from the Customer.
(3) The Customer is not entitled to issue sub-licenses or rights from the license relationship or its
contractual status in its entirety to third parties and/or to legally or commercially affiliatedcompanies pursuant to § 15 of the Stock Corporation Act (AktG).
(4) As clarification, it is recorded that this usage authorization does not entitle the Customer either
to use the group logo of the Licensor, registered as German Trademark 306 69 064, or thecorporate design of the Licensor.
§ 2 Usage(1) The Verification Label that is issued may be used by the Customer for any online and offline
advertisement and promotion purposes, but solely for the verified Contractual Product(hereinafter: “Advertisement”), according to the usage specifications prescribed in the following
sections and the Verification User Guideline, provided as Annex 1.
In that context the Customer undertakes not to use the Verification Label permanently affixed
to the Contractual Product itself (e.g. by stickers that remain permanently on the product, etc.)
and on non-product related packaging, e.g., transport packaging. The usage for Advertisementon its outer packaging (Primary packaging), however, is permitted.
The Verification Label must be solely used in such way that it is clearly and exclusively assigned
to the Contractual Product and the company name and the company logo of the Customer.
The Verification Label shall not be affixed permanently to a product. The Verification Label, ifaffixed to a product, must be irrevocably removed before the product is put into service for thefirst time.
(2) The Verification Label may solely be used in the form, variant, language and with the Verification
Claims that are defined in the Verification Statement and are specified on the Verification Label.
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Verification Label. In the event of a breach, the Licensor is free, among others, to demand acontractual penalty pursuant to § 5 from the Customer.
(3) The Customer is not permitted to add other elements, irrespective of their type, such ascompany name and/or company logo of the Customer or third party, product name and/orproduct logo or other graphic depictions to the Verification Label. Breaches substantiate a claim
to a contractual penalty pursuant to § 5. Other elements, irrespective of their type, are deemed
not to have been added to the Verification Label if they comply with a minimum distance of one
quarter of the total height of the Verification Label.
(4) The Verification Label is to be used in the specified proportional dimension; as shown in Annex
1. For better legibility, a minimum display height of 30 mm is recommended. As a fundamental
rule, the Verification Label is to be used in the color scheme as shown above and downloadedby the Customer from the Verification download page and/or handed over by the Licensor tothe Customer. Any kind of redesign of the Verification Label provided by TÜV Rheinland is
explicitly not permitted.
(5) The Customer shall use the Verification Label only in such a fashion that no wrong impression
with regard to the scope and the content of the conducted verification arises, in particular thatthe impression is not created that it indicates an official or mandatory testing.
(6) The Customer is itself responsible in full for the permissible use and for the permissibility of allstatements regarding the Verification Label issued. This also applies for the correct
usage/advertising by its Customers.
(7) Within the framework of the usage of the Verification Label for advertising purposes, theCustomer is obligated to provide access to information regarding the Contractual Product towhich the Verification Label refers. In addition to the publication of the Verification Statement in
full, corresponding information can also be provided by an individual entry in the certificate
database operated by TÜV Rheinland AG, “Certipedia”, which can be found atwww.certipedia.com and which is accessible by using the individual identification number
assigned for the Contractual Product as part of the Verification Label.
(8) The Verification Label is to be used solely by the Customer in a form that does not jeopardize
the reputation and the appearance of the Verification Label and the reputation and the validityof the Trademark and/or the reputation of the Licensor and the companies affiliated with itpursuant to § 15 of the Stock Corporation Act (AktG) as independent third parties and/or
recognized verification service providers. In the event of such a risk, the Customer mustsuspend the corresponding usage immediately at the Licensor's request.
(9) The Customer recognizes that any use of the Verification Label and the Trademark by theCustomer constitutes usage by and for the benefit of the Licensor. Records regarding the usageof the Verification Label and the Trademark by the Customer are to be kept for at least 5 years
v.01_2023 01 22_Verification_Label_License_Agreement_EN.docx-3-after the last usage of the Label by the Customer and are to be provided to the Licensor onrequest.
(10)All costs incurred as a result of the usage of the Verification Label by the Customer will be borneby the latter itself. In addition, the Customer will indemnify the Licensor against all claims of thirdparties that result from breaches against § 2. If the Licensor should incur material and/or
immaterial damage nevertheless, it is free, among others, to demand a contractual penalty
pursuant to § 5 from the Customer.
§ 3 Usage fee
The usage right is granted pursuant to the Verification Agreement for a license fee.

§ 4 Loss of the usage right(1) The Customer may use the Verification Label until the ordinary expiry, withdrawal, revocationor the declaration of invalidity of the Verification Statement issued pursuant to the Verification
Agreement. If the Verification Statement is declared invalid for a restricted period during theterm of contract or its validity is suspended and/or terminated by a contractual party, this also
applies for the granting of the usage right from these Terms and Conditions of Usage. The
Customer undertakes to cease any usage of the Verification Label immediately after the end ofits usage right.

(2) In the event of the ordinary expiry of the Verification Statement, the Customer has the right tomarket the stock inventory of its Contractual Product using the Verification Label on its outer
packaging for Advertising for a period of 6 months from the expiry of the Verification Statement,provided that the Contractual Products and its outer packing were manufactured within theperiod of validity of the Verification Statement. All Contractual Products manufactured after theordinary expiry of the Verification Statement are expressly not covered by this exception. The
Customer also hat to ensure that the aforementioned sell-off period is granted by its own
customers. For all other cases mentioned in § 4 (1) – such as withdrawal, revocation,invalidation, etc. – it is clarified that the provision of § 4 (2) does not apply.
(3) The Licensor is entitled to terminate the permission pursuant to § 1 with effect for the future if
the Customer attacks the Verification Label and the Trademark contained therein or supports athird party in such an attack. Irrespective of the regulations above, the Licensor has the right at
any time to prohibit the usage of the Verification Label forming the subject of the contract withimmediate effect in the event of any culpable breach by the Customer against its obligations
arising from these Terms and Conditions of Usage, including Annex 1.

v.01_2023 01 22_Verification_Label_License_Agreement_EN.docx-4-§ 5 Contractual penalty, choice of law and place of jurisdiction(1) For each legally ascertained culpable breach by the Customer against its obligations underthese Terms and Conditions of Usage, the Licensor is entitled to demand an appropriate
contractual penalty to be defined by the Licensor for each individual case of a breach and to bereviewed in the event of dispute by the court responsible. The possibility of filing further
compensation is unaffected by this. An offsetting of a contractual penalty with any compensation
claims is not permitted.
(2) These Terms and Conditions of Usage are governed by the law of the Federal Republic ofGermany. The place of jurisdiction for disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms
and Conditions of Usage is Cologne. Amendments and supplements require text form to belegally effective; this applies also to amendments and supplements to this text form provision.

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