Source: https://www.ape-berlin.de/en/impressum/
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 16:14:51+00:00

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APE follows a policy of continued product improvement.
Therefore, specifications are subject to change without notice.
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The following terms and conditions of APE Angewandte Physik und Elektronik GmbH (hereafter referred to as “APE”) shall apply to all quotes and contracts, for deliveries and services between APE and a purchaser (hereafter referred to as “Customer”) unless any separate agreement on a contractual modification or supplement was expressed and confirmed by APE in writing.
Quotes from APE are valid for the duration indicated on the quote. A contract shall only be deemed concluded if the customer has ordered in writing in accordance with the offer submitted and APE accepts the order by means of a written order confirmation.
Any legal declaration of the Customer after conclusion of the contract (e.g. setting of deadline, notification of defects, reduction of the purchase price, withdrawal from the contract) must be made in writing.
Samples and catalogues are considered as non-binding material for illustration and/or test purposes, giving only an approximation of performance, properties and specification. Data contained in catalogues, brochures and folders, as well as general information in data sheets and drawings are approximate and without engagement, unless expressly stated as binding. These data are subject to change without notification.
The delivery date refers to the dispatch date at APE Berlin, Germany, while the arriving date at the Customer depends on the time in transit with the freight forwarder and has to be added to the promised delivery date given. Partial and/or advance deliveries shall be allowed, unless the customer has stated differently at the time of contract conclusion.
If APE realizes that an agreed delivery date cannot be adhered to, APE shall without undue delay inform the Customer accordingly and indicate the expected duration of the delay. Any claims due to delay shall be excluded. APE reserves the right to postpone deliveries in the case of force majeure for the duration of the obstruction plus a reasonable period of supplementary performance. Should a delivery have become impossible by an act beyond control of APE, APE reserves the right to partially or completely rescind the contract.
The Customer is obligated to perform a defect investigation in the course of goods reception. Any damage to the packaging of goods or the goods contained at the time of reception must be documented and reported to the freight forwarder and APE immediately.
APE shall not remunerate for or accept the return of packaging material unless otherwise agreed in writing.
All invoices are to be paid under the contractual agreed term of payment starting with the date of dispatch at APE. If taxation is mandatory, the VAT will be added to the total amount on the invoice as legally stipulated. The date on which payment is received determines whether payment was on time. Detention of payments or balancing of payments against claims against APE is not allowed, unless agreed on by APE. Should the Customer fail to comply within the term of payment, he will automatically be in default of payment.
If, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to APE, the Customer fails to make payment by due date, APE is entitled to charge the Customer interest on an unpaid amount. Should there be reasons to doubt the solvency or credit standing of the Customer, APE reserves the right to demand securities or prepayment for any outstanding delivery or declare immediate maturity of all outstanding claims.
With a delivery the property of the goods shall not pass to the Customer until full payment was made.
Goods shall remain the property of APE until each and every claim that APE has against the Customer on account of the business connection has been fulfilled.
The warranty period for the delivered goods is 12 months from the date of dispatch unless any separate contractual agreement was made.
The Customer shall examine the delivered goods immediately upon receipt. Claims will only be accepted if APE is informed immediately – but no later than 14 days after delivery – upon detection of any fault.
If any valid warranty claim of faulty goods is made, APE is obliged to either replace the goods free of charge or repair it, the choice being at the sole discretion of APE.
The warranty does not cover defects or damage to the goods resulting from improper installation or maintenance, improper use or negligence of the customer. The warranty expires if the customer makes changes to the subject matter without prior written consent of APE. Furthermore, APE does not warrant third-party products that have not been purchased by APE but are required for the purpose of fulfilling the contract (for example, providing a laser by the customer).
The customer is obliged to check the correct functioning of the optical components (e.g. lenses, mirrors, crystals etc.) by commissioning the goods within 30 days of receipt. APE shall be informed without delay of any warranty claims. Any additional warranty claims relating to the optical components cannot be claimed after this period.
All repair covered by this warranty must be done by and at APE, unless APE specifically directs that this service be performed at another location.
In order to assert warranty claims, the goods must be returned in their original packaging.
The costs for shipping and insurance are to be borne by the customer for sending the goods to APE. APE will cover the costs (DAP – Incoterms 2010) for shipping back the goods to the customer after warranty repair.
APE reserves all rights, titles and interests in and to all inventions, patents, ideas, processes, methods, know-how, skills and techniques embodied in the goods, services and materials provided by APE to the Customer.
Unless APE’s prior written consent, the customer may not exploit, use or copy documents, materials or other items furnished (offers, prices, quotes, plans, sketches, images, calculations, details of production and lead time, product and Service descriptions and specifications, prototypes/samples, models and other physical and/or electronic documents, information and materials) by APE, or make them available to third parties for the duration of the contract and a further period of three years.
APE contracts are governed exclusively by German Warranty and Product Liability laws. The application of any law other than the Product Liability Law of the Federal Republic of Germany is expressively excluded.
11. Applicable Law and Place.
Place of jurisdiction shall be Berlin, Germany. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Germany.
The English terms and conditions are for information only. In case of discrepancies the German Terms and Conditions apply.
Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is expressively excluded. Please note that some of our goods might require exportation license under German law. In case of non-granting of an export authorization by the German authorities, APE reserves the right to withdraw from the contract.
Personal data of our users is only processed insofar as this is necessary to provide a functioning website, its content and our services. The processing of personal data of our users regularly only takes place with the consent of the user. An exception applies to cases in which prior consent cannot be obtained for reasons of fact and law permits the processing of the data.
Insofar as we obtain the consent of the person concerned for processing of personal data, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a contract to which the person concerned is a party, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This also applies to processing operations required to carry out pre-contractual actions.
Insofar as processing of personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation that is subject to our company, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In the event that vital interests of the person concerned or another natural person require the processing of personal data, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
If processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of our company or a third party, and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the person concerned do not prevail over the first interest, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The personal data of the person concerned will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage is inapplicable. In addition, a storage can take place if this was intended by the European or national legislator by union-legal regulations, laws or other rules by which the responsible is subject to. Blocking or deletion of the data also takes place when a storage period prescribed by the standards mentioned, expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for conclusion of a contract or fulfillment of the contract.
The data are also stored in the log files of our system. A storage of these data together with other personal data of the user does not take place.
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The storage in log files takes place to guarantee the effectiveness of the website. Moreover, the data serve us for the optimization of the website and for the backup of the security of our information-technical systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place.
For these purposes, it is our legitimate interest for processing the data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
For data stored in log files this is the case no later than 2 months. A longer storage is possible. In this case the IP addresses of the users are deleted or are alienated, so that an allocation of the requesting clients is not possible any more.
The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is essential for the operation of the website. Therefore, there is no opposition for the user.
The user data collected through technically necessary cookies will not be used to create user profiles. For these purposes, it is our legitimate interest for processing the data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
On our Website, you can subscribe to a free newsletter. When registering for the newsletter, the e-mail address from the input mask will be sent to us. For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during the registration process and reference is made to this Privacy Statement.
If you purchase goods or services from us and deposit your e-mail address here, we can subsequently use this for sending a newsletter. In such a case, the newsletter will only be used to advertise similar goods or services.
The legal basis for the processing of data after subscription for the newsletter is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The legal basis for sending the newsletter as a result of the sale of goods or services is § 7 Abs. 3 UWG (law against unfair competition).
The data are deleted, as long as they are not required for the reaching of the purpose of their elevation any more. Therefore, the E-mail address of the user is stored as long as the subscription of the Newsletters is active.
The person concerned can cancel the subscription of the Newsletters at any time. For this purpose, an appropriate link can be found in every Newsletter.
A revocation of the consent to save data when subscribing to the newsletter is also possible at any time.
In the process of sending the data your consent for the processing of the data is obtained and it is referred to this Privacy Statement.
Legal basis for the processing of the data in the presence of the consent of the user is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation GDPR.
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the purpose they have been collected for. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form and those sent by e-mail, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has been terminated. The conversation is ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant facts have been finally clarified.
At any time, the user has the possibility to revoke his consent to the processing of the personal data. If the user contacts us by e-mail, he may object to the storage of his personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.
At no time during or after the payment process does APE collect or store informtion of the complete credit card number or the security code of the credit card. This information is collected and stored exclusively by the payment service provider Wirecard.
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the way you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by the site visitors, are usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. IP anonymization is active on this website. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage.
In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and its use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
You have the right to request information about whether your personal data is transferred to a third country or an international organization. In this context, you can request the appropriate guarantees in accordance with. Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer of your personal data.
You have a right to rectification and / or completion towards the responsible person, if the personal data you process is incorrect or incomplete. The responsible person must do the correction without delay.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may only be used with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or its Member State. If the restriction on processing has been restricted in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, the person responsible will notify you before the restriction is canceled.
You revoke your consent to the processing according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for processing.
You file an objection according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no prior justifiable reasons for the processing; or appeal against the processing of your data according to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
The deletion of your personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation under the law of the European Union or the law of the Member States to which the responsible person is subject to.
Your personal data were collected in relation to the services offered by the information society pursuant to Art. 8 (1) GDPR.
If the responsible person has made your personal data public and is the responsible person bound according to Art.17 para. 1 of the GDPR, to delete your personal data, he shall take appropriate measures, including technical means, to inform data controllers who process your personal data that you have requested, to delete all links to or copies of these personal data.
If you have exercised the right of rectification, erasure or restriction of processing to the responsible person, he is obliged to notify all recipients to whom your personal data have been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves to be impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to the responsible person to be informed about these recipients.
In exercising this right, you also have the right to effect that your personal data are transmitted directly from one person to another, insofar as this is technically feasible. Freedoms and rights of other persons may not be affected.
The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority delegated to the responsible person.
You have the right of objection at any time, for reasons that arise from your particular situation, against the processing of your personal data, which have been collected according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
The responsible person will no longer process your personal data unless he can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the purpose of enforcing, exercising or defending legal claims.
If your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.
However, these decisions must not be based on special categories of personal data according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 para 2 lit. a or g GDPR applies and reasonable measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.
With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the responsible person shall take appropriate measures to uphold the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person by the responsible person, to express his own position and appeal of the decision.
Regardless of any other administrative or judicial remedy, you shall have the right to complain to a regulation authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.
The regulatory authority to which the complaint has been submitted shall inform the complainant of the status and results of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy according to Article 78 of the GDPR.

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