Source: https://www.iprotex.com/en/general-terms-and-conditions/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 12:43:52+00:00

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These general condi­tions for deliveries and services apply to all – also future – deliveries, services and offers of Iprotex GmbH & Co. KG, Kirchen­lamitzer Str. 115, 95213 Münchberg (subse­quent referred to as supplier) unless they have not been modified or excluded expli­citly and written. Deviating general condi­tions are not accepted. The “Inter­na­tional Commercial Terms” (Incoterms) published by the Inter­na­tional Chamber of Commerce shall apply.
Infor­mation in documents belonging to the offer as well as illus­tra­tions, drawings, weight and dimension speci­fi­ca­tions, perfor­mance and other property descrip­tions and other infor­mation about contractual products and services do not represent a guarantee of properties. Certain­pro­per­tiesof the goods to be delivered shall only be deemed to be guaranteed if this has been expressly agreed in writing.A reference to standards or agreed speci­fi­ca­tions alone contains only a more detailed description of goods or services and no assurance of properties.
Unlesso­ther­wi­se­ex­pressly agreed, the prices are based on the price­lists appli­cable to the individual customer. All prices are ex works of the supplier plus value added tax and packaging. In the absence of a special agreement, packaging shall be at the supplier’s option and at the supplier’s expense. The supplier is entitled to demand packaging material freight paid to the place of dispatch or plant. This applies in parti­cular to containers and pallets which are only lent and remain the property of the supplier.
(1) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, all deliveries shall be made exclu­sively ex works of the supplier.
(2) Partial deliveries are permis­sible.
(3) The dispatch of goods is at the expense and risk of the customer.
The delivery dates given are appro­ximate deadlines. The delivery period begins with the dispatch of the order confir­mation, but not before providing the documents, drawings, approvals and other forma­lities to be provided by the customer and before the agreed advance payments have been made.
In the event of a delay in delivery for which the Supplier is respon­sible, the Purchaser may — provided that it can credibly prove that it has suffered damage as a result, demand a lump-sum compen­sation of 0. 5% — but no more than 5% — of the value of that part of the delivery which cannot be used as intended as a result of the delay for each completed week of the delay (to the exclusion of further claims). 7 (5) applies accord­ingly.
Insofar as the maximum amount of damages according to § 4 (2) has been reached, the customer may — taking into account the statutory excep­tions and within the framework of the statutory provi­sions — after setting a reasonable deadline for perfor­mance, declare the cancel­lation of the contract with regard to the delayed part. This is the case if the supplier does not meet this requi­rement before.
If the Purchaser is in default with a material obligation arising from the contractual relati­onship, the supplier shall be entitled to extend the delivery period by the period of default. §5 applies accord­ingly.
Deliveries are to be accepted by the customer irrespective of his warranty rights, even if they do not show any signi­ficant defects. The customer shall bear the costs for storage, insurance, protective measures etc. incurred due to delayed accep­tance. Without special proof he has to pay at least 0. 5% of the order value per week of delay, however, a maximum of 5%. The supplier may set the purchaser a reasonable period of time in writing for accep­tance if the purchaser does not accept the goods at the time of delivery. The right of the supplier to demand the purchase price remains unaffected. After expiry of this period, the supplier may cancel the contract in whole or in part by written decla­ration and claim damages.
(1)Unless otherwise agreed, all payments are to be made within 14 days from the invoice with 2% discount or within 30 days from the invoice net without deduction. All payments are made in EURO. Expenses of the foreign bank are paid by the buyer. Bills of exchange or cheques are only accepted on account of perfor­mance. In the case of collective invoices with more than 10 calendar days between the delivery date and the invoice date, no discount can be granted for the corre­sponding invoice amount.
(2)In the event of late payment, the supplier shall be entitled to charge interest at 8% points above the base rate of the European Central Bank from the due date. In this respect, the supplier may suspend the execution of the contract. If the purchaser has not made the agreed payment within a reasonable period of grace, but no later than one month after the due date, the supplier may declare the cancel­lation of the contract and claim damages by written notifi­cation.
(3) In the case of newly estab­lished business relati­onships, the supplier reserves the right to make deliveries only against prepayment. If special circum­s­tances give rise to consi­derable doubts as to the credit­wort­hiness of the customer, all claims arising from the business relati­onship become due immediately and the supplier is entitled to demand delivery against prepayment and prepayment before release for production. Sentence 1 shall also apply in the event of default in payment and insol­vency of the customer. If partial payment has been agreed and the customer is in arrears with more than 10% of the outstanding purchase price, the entire outstanding balance shall become due for payment immediately.
(4) In the case of customer-specific products (custom-made products) or variants thereof, the supplier is generally entitled to a down payment of two thirds of the agreed purchase price, payable at the latest 3 weeks before the start of production. The supplier is free to invoice the customer for pro rata setup and additional costs.
(1)The customer must inspect the goods immediately upon receipt. He has to proceed according to the recognized rules of technology. In any case, he loses the right to invoke a lack of conformity if he does not notify the supplier in writing immediately after the time at which he has disco­vered the defects or should have disco­vered them and describes them in detail. After consul­tation with the supplier, the purchaser shall ensure that all evidence is available.
(2)The proof of careful handling and proper storage of the goods is incumbent on the customer.
(3)If the goods are not in accordance with the contract, the supplier may, even in the case of major defects, initially, at his discretion, repair or replace the goods within a reasonable period of time, at least 2 weeks after request by the customer. The rectifi­cation of defects may also be carried out by the purchaser after consul­tation with the supplier. The customer is obliged to cooperate in the rectifi­cation of defects against reimbur­sement of costs and in accordance with the instruc­tions of the supplier to the extent reasonable.
If the rectifi­cation of defects fails, the customer is entitled to withdraw from the contract within the framework of the legal requi­re­ments — if necessary after setting a deadline beforehand.
In the case of only insigni­ficant defects, the customer is only entitled to a reduction of the purchase price (§ 440, 323 V S. 2 BGB).
(4) If the supplier does not remedy a non-conformity in accordance with § 7 (3) by repair or repla­cement, the contracting parties agree on an appro­priate reduction of the purchase price.
(5) If not regulated in § 4 (2), (2) and § 7 (1) to (4), § 9 and § 10, the supplier is not respon­sible for non-confor­mities, damages and breaches of duty of his legal repre­sen­ta­tives and vicarious agents — on whatever legal grounds. This applies to any damage caused by defects and conse­quential damage, in parti­cular damage which cannot be repaired or replaced or which has not occurred on the delivery item itself, including loss of production and loss of profit.
In the event of a breach of essential contractual obliga­tions and thus obliga­tions, the fulfilment of which is essential for the proper perfor­mance of the contract and on whose compliance the Purchaser may regularly rely, the Supplier shall be liable for every degree of culpa­bility, whereby liability in the event of a breach of essential contractual obliga­tions shall be limited to the reasonably foreseeable damage typical of the contract.
However, the supplier shall be liable in any case for intent and gross negli­gence, including intent and gross negli­gence of the legal repre­sen­ta­tives and vicarious agents. The same applies if liability is assumed for specially assumed guarantees, in the case of malice, injury to life, body or health for any degree of fault or if liability is assumed under the Product Liability Act for physical injury or property damage to privately used objects.
(6) Devia­tions in quantities (up to 10 %, for custom-made products up to 20 %), dimen­sions, quality, weights and the like are permitted within the framework of customary trade practice. Equivalent design changes are reserved.
(7) Instruc­tions of the supplier on the condi­tions or appli­cation of the contractual products must be observed by the purchaser, otherwise claims for defects will not be accepted.
(1) All rights to samples, devices, tools, drawings, drafts and plans, in parti­cular patent, copyright and inventor rights, produced by the supplier, are exclu­sively entitled to this. All sales documents, such as catalogues, sample books, price lists etc. , which are made available to the purchaser remain the property of the supplier and must be returned on request.
(2) The contracting parties agree to keep secret all economic and technical details of their mutual business relati­onship as long as they have not become obvious. This also applies to the items mentioned in § 8 (1), which may not be copied or disclosed or otherwise made acces­sible to third parties without autho­ri­sation.
All property rights and copyrights to infor­mation origi­nating from the supplier — also in electronic form — remain with the supplier.

References: § 4
 §5
 § 7
 § 4
 § 7
 § 9
 § 10
 § 8