Source: http://deko-light.com/agb/?lang=en
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 17:06:36
Document Index: 413407527

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 14', '§ 321', '§ 122', '§ 950', '§ 947', '§ 439', '§ 439']

General Terms and Conditions of business – Deko-Light
Unless otherwise expressly agreed, the following “General Terms and Conditions” shall apply to all contracts, deliveries and other services in business transactions with entrepreneurs within the meaning of § 14 BGB (German Civil Code), legal entities under public law or special funds under public law (hereinafter referred to as “Customers”). Within the framework of an existing business relationship, these terms and conditions shall also become part of the contract if Deko-Light Elektronik-Vertriebs GmbH (hereinafter referred to as “Company”) has not expressly pointed out their inclusion in each individual case and the customer has not objected to their validity. These “General Terms and Conditions” shall also apply to framework agreements which the Company concludes with the Customer.
If, after conclusion of the contract, the Company becomes aware of facts (e.g. default of payment by the Customer with regard to earlier deliveries) which, according to dutiful commercial judgement, indicate that the payment claim is endangered due to the Customer’s lack of ability to pay, the Company shall be entitled to the rights set forth in Section 4 of the German Commercial Code (HGB) according to § 321 BGB. In particular, the Company shall be entitled to demand, at the Customer’s option, concurrent payment or corresponding securities from the Customer after setting a reasonable deadline.
The company’s obligation to perform is limited exclusively to its obligations as seller under the purchase contract. Consulting or information services are not subject of the contract unless they have been expressly agreed in writing.
Requests of the customer for subsequent reduction of the agreed remuneration or cancellation of the contract without replacement can only be taken into account on the basis of a special agreement and – insofar as the goods are not in stock – only to the extent that the upstream supplier undertakes to take the goods back from the company. In any event, the Company shall be entitled to deduct from the credit a reasonable percentage of the net invoice amount for handling costs, inspection and repackaging for goods duly returned with its consent. Damaged goods will not be credited. In cases of dispute, the company is entitled to compensation for the damage it has incurred in accordance with § 122 BGB.
In the absence of a deviating agreement, delivery “EXW ex works” (Incoterms 2010) is agreed. Unless otherwise agreed, the loading and unloading of the delivery shall not be subject of the contract. The risk shall pass to the customer when the goods are handed over to the customer, the forwarding agent or the carrier, but at the latest when the goods leave the premises of the company, even if the goods are delivered by the company. The risk shall also pass to the customer if delivery is made from the premises of a third party at the instigation of the company (socalled drop shipment).
Insofar as dispatch or delivery “free domicile” has been agreed, this shall be at the risk of the customer. In both cases, the company bears only the freight and insurance costs. If shipment is delayed on request or due to the fault of the customer, the delivered goods shall be stored at the expense and risk of the customer. The same shall apply if dispatch or delivery is delayed due to force majeure or obstacles occurring after conclusion of the contract for which the Company is not responsible. In this case, the notification of readiness for dispatch or delivery is equivalent to the dispatch of the company. The invoice shall be deemed to have been received on the second working day following dispatch.
The delivery period shall be reasonably extended – even within a delay – in the event of force majeure and all unforeseen obstacles occurring after conclusion of the contract for which the Company is not responsible (including but not limited to operational disruptions, strikes, lockouts or disruptions of traffic routes, cyber attacks on the IT system), insofar as these obstacles demonstrably have a considerable influence on the delivery. This shall also apply if these circumstances occur at the Company’s suppliers and their subsuppliers, in particular if they are unable to supply the Company in a manner that is in conformity with the contract and on time despite the existence of a purchase contract or an order. The Company shall notify the Customer of the beginning and end of such obstacles as soon as possible. The customer may request the company to declare whether it intends to withdraw from the contract or to deliver within a reasonable period of time. If the company does not declare this immediately, the customer may withdraw from the contract. Claims for damages and/or reimbursement of expenses are excluded in this case. The above provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to the customer if the abovementioned hindrances occur at the customer’s premises.
If the reserved goods are processed by the customer, it is agreed that the processing on behalf of and for the account of the company as manufacturer i.S.d. § 950 BGB and this directly the property or – if the processing is made of substances of several owners or the value of the processed thing is higher than the value of the reserved goods – the co-ownership of the newly created thing in proportion of the value of the reserved goods to the value of new acquired thing at the time of processing. In the event that no such acquisition of ownership should occur on the part of the contracting party, the Customer then immediately transfers his future ownership or – in the abovementioned ratio – shared ownership of the newly created item as security to the Company If the reserved goods are combined or inseparably mixed with other items to form a uniform item (§§ 947, 948 BGB), the Company shall acquire co-ownership of the newly created item in accordance with the statutory provisions. If, as a result of the combination or mixing, one of the other items is to be regarded as the main item, the customer, insofar as he owns the main item, hereby assigns co-ownership to the company in the ratio of the value of the reserved goods to the value of the newly created item at the time of the combination or mixing. In these cases, the customer must store the goods owned or co-owned by the company free of charge, which are also deemed to be reserved goods within the meaning of the above conditions.
The customer shall only be entitled and authorized to resell, use or install the reserved goods in the ordinary course of business and only subject to the proviso that the claims within the meaning of clauses 8.3. and 8.4. are actually transferred to the company. If the customer has agreed with his contractual partners on a prohibition of assignment with regard to this claim, the authorisation to resell shall lapse. The customer is not otherwise entitled to dispose of the goods to which we retain title and, in particular, may not use them as collateral or otherwise transfer ownership. An assignment by way of genuine factoring is only permitted to the customer under the condition that the company is notified of this with notification of the factoring bank and the accounts of the customer maintained there and the factoring proceeds exceed the value of the secured claim of the company. When the factoring proceeds are credited, the company’s claim becomes due immediately.
Subject to revocation, the Company authorizes the Customer to collect the claims assigned in accordance with Sections 8.3 – 8.5. The company will only make use of its own collection authority if the customer does not meet its payment obligations, including those to third parties, or if their fulfilment appears to be at risk. At the Company’s request, the Customer shall immediately disclose the business and private addresses of its contractual partners to whom it has delivered the reserved goods or goods in which the Company’s reserved goods have been incorporated as an essential component. The notification also includes the customer’s obligation to list the extent to which these deliveries have already been settled by his contractual partners and which individual claims are still outstanding here.
Upon cessation of payments and/or application for the opening of insolvency proceedings against the customer’s assets, the rights to resell, use or install the reserved goods and the authorization to collect the assigned claims shall lapse; the authorization to collect shall also lapse in the event of a direct debit authorisation. Any mandatory rights of the insolvency administrator shall remain unaffected.
In the case of justified notices of defects, the Company shall be entitled to determine the type of subsequent performance (replacement delivery or rectification) taking into account the type of defect and the legitimate interests of the Customer. If the supplementary performance fails, the customer shall be entitled – without prejudice to any claims for damages pursuant to Clause 10 – at his discretion to withdraw from the contract or demand a reduction in the purchase price.
Required within the meaning of § 439 Para. 3 BGB, only such dismantling and installation costs which concern the dismantling and installation or the installation of identical products, which have been incurred on the basis of customary market conditions and which are proven to the company by the customer at least in text form by submitting suitable supporting documents shall be deemed to be dismantling and installation costs. The customer shall have no right of advance payment for dismantling and installation costs. The customer is also not permitted to unilaterally set off claims for reimbursement of expenses for dismantling and installation costs against purchase price claims or other payment claims of the company without the consent of the company. Section 7.9 remains unaffected. Beyond the required removal and installation costs beyond the customer’s requirements, in particular costs for defects caused by consequential damage such. B. Loss of profit, loss of business or additional costs for replacement purchases are no removal and installation costs and therefore not in the context of subsequent performance in accordance with § 439 para. 3 BGB (German Civil Code).
Claims by the customer for expenses incurred for the purpose of subsequent performance, in particular transport, travel, labour and material costs, are excluded to the extent that such expenses increase because the goods were subsequently taken to a location other than the customer’s place of business or as contractually agreed, unless the transfer corresponds to the intended use of the goods.
The above provisions do not increase the customer’s burden of proof.