These general terms and conditions of sale and delivery and all legal relationships between the customer and us shall be exclusively governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods dated 11 April 1980 (CISG) shall not apply.
11.2 The place of jurisdiction for any and all disputes arising under the contract shall be Hamburg. Alternatively, edding shall have the right to bring action before the general place of jurisdiction of the customer.
11.3 In case of customers with place of business outside the European Union, the parties may, as an alternative, bring action before an arbitration court – subject to an expressly concluded deviating agreement – under exclusion of ordinary recourse to the courts and under compliance with the arbitration rules of the German Arbitration Institute (“DIS”); such procedure shall be resolved with final effect by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with these rules. Place of arbitration shall be Hamburg.