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General
Conditions of Sale and Delivery
1. General
Information:
Any deviations from these Conditions of Sale and Delivery, especially
the validity of the Buyer's Conditions of Purchase, require the express
acceptance by the Rainbow Containers GmbH (Rainbow Containers). Offers
from Rainbow Containers are subject to change without notice. Orders
are binding upon Rainbow Containers only if confirmed by Rainbow Containers
or complied by effecting delivery. Any verbal ancillary agreements shall
apply only if confirmed by Rainbow Containers in writing The use of
the purchased objects is subject to the protective rights of third parties.
2. Prices:
Unless otherwise provided in writing, all prices ex warehouse Rainbow
Containers are without packaging and exclusive of VAT. For the agreed
upon delivery-free shipping, the prices specified by Rainbow Containers
at the time of contracting shall be taken as a basis for the applicable
shipping costs and additional charges. Therefore, they shall be adjusted
to the modified shipping and additional charges and credited or debited
to Buyer without Buyer being entitled to withdraw from the Contract.
3. Payment:
Payments shall be effected according to the respective agreed upon terms
and/or the terms stipulated in the invoice. If, upon closing we become
aware that Purchaser is in an unfavourable financial situation, we are
authorized to withdraw from the Contract, subject to charging for the
expenses incurred. In the case of late payments, we shall reserve the
right to charge interest. We will accept bills of exchange as payment
only under the condition that we will be able to discount such bills
at the bank. In other case, we reserve the right to demand cash payment
when returning the bill of exchange. If a bill of exchange or cheques
are protested against Buyer, all of Buyer's obligations to us will become
due, including those bills of exchange that were accepted in the past.
Buyer shall waive the right of retention from previous or other transactions
from a potential current business connection. A set-off of counterclaims
is allowed only if such claims are recognised by Seller and are payable
or legally binding.
4. Delivery,
Period of Delivery, Delay:
The place of loading shall be the place of performance for delivery
affected by Seller; delivery shall be at Buyer's risk. Delivery shall
be to the agreed upon location; in the case of modified instructions,
Buyer shall bear the costs incurred. Delivery free building site or
free warehouse means delivery without unloading on the understanding
that the road in which delivery is to take place is fit for heavy goods
lorries. If the lorry leaves said road at Buyer's instruction, Buyer
shall be liable for any damage, including consequential damage. Buyer
shall unload the vehicle immediately and properly. Buyer will be billed
for waiting periods. The delivery time shall be deemed to be approximate
and non-binding. Non-compliance will in no case result in liability
for damages or penalties for delay, nor will it entitle Buyer to cancel
the Contract. Strikes or unforeseen extraordinary events, such as actions
taken at national level, traffic interferences, etc., or in the case
of impossibility of performance of contract, shall discharge Seller
from its delivery obligation for the period in which the interference
occurs. In case of a delay of performance on the part of Seller or impossibility
of performance, which is to be justified by Seller, Buyer's damage claims
shall be excluded, unless said claims are based on intent or gross negligence
on the part of Seller.
5. Receiving
Product/Deliveries:
Receiving product and deliveries shall be performed according to Supplier's
scheduled date. If no proper delivery is taken for reasons Supplier
does not have to justify, the purchase is deemed to have been effected.
If buildings or containers are used or moved into before signing the
purchase agreement, the purchase is deemed to have been effected without
objection. Any retained balances will become due immediately.
6. Warranty:
Buyer shall inspect the product immediately upon delivery and report
in writing any defects and imperfections at the latest within one week
after delivery. No warranty liability shall apply if the product supplied
has been processed or treated by Buyer in an unusual or unsuitable manner.
In the case of quality defects, we have the option to credit the decrease
in value and/ or in the case of incomplete delivery, we are obligated
to effect subsequent delivery. All other claims, irrespective of their
legal reason, especially claims for damages, shall be excluded. Warranty
claims have a limitation period of six months as of the date of delivery
7. Liability:
Our customer and specialist consulting is a voluntary customer service;
it is offered without liability on our part. The consulting does not
release Buyer from its own verification of the quantity requirements
quoted by us that the product offered by us is suitable for Buyer's
intended purposes.
8. Reservation
of Title:
The product supplied shall remain Seller's property as a conditional
commodity until the purchase price has been paid in full and all claims
from the business transaction and future claims relating thereto have
been paid off. Placing individual claims into a current account or striking
the balance and their acceptance do not cancel the reservation of title.
If, in connection with the payment of the purchase price by Buyer, a
bill-related liability of Seller is established, the reservation of
title does not expire before the payment of the bill by Buyer as drawee.
In the case of payment default by Buyer, Seller is authorised to take
back the product sold subject to reservation of title following a reminder
for payment, and Buyer is obliged to return the product in question.
If the product sold subject to reservation of title is processed into
new movable property, the processing is effected on behalf of Seller
without Seller incurring any obligations, and the new item will become
Seller's property. In the case of processing together with a product
that is not owned by Seller, Seller shall acquire the joint ownership
of the new item in proportion of the value of the product sold subject
to reservation of title to the other product at the time of processing.
If the product sold subject to reservation of title is not connected,
mixed or integrated with the product owned by Seller according to Sections
947, 948 German Civil Code, Seller will become joint owner in accordance
with the statutory provisions.
If Buyer, by connecting, mixing or integrating said product gains sole
ownership, Buyer already at this point shall assign to Seller the joint
ownership of the product sold subject to reservation of title in proportion
to value of the other product at time of connecting, mixing or integrating.
In these cases, Buyer shall keep in safe custody free of charge Seller's
ownership or joint ownership of the item that also is deemed to be a
product sold subject to reservation of title within the scope of the
following conditions. If the product sold subject to reservation of
title is sold by Buyer alone or together with the product not owned
by Seller, Buyer already at this point shall assign claims arising from
the resale, which are in the amount of the value of the product sold
subject to reservation of title, including all ancillary rights and
ranking before the remainder; Seller shall accepts the assignment. The
value of the product sold subject to reservation of title is Seller's
invoice amount plus a security surcharge of 10%, which, however, will
not be applied if opposed by the rights of third parties. If the resale
of the product sold subject to reservation of title is jointly owned
by Seller, the assignment of the claims is shall extend to the amount
corresponding to the joint owner's value in the share of Sellers joint
ownership. Paragraph 1, sentence 2 applies to the extended obligated
of title; the advance assignment according to paragraph 3, sentence
1 and 3 cover the balance demand. Seller is authorised to resell, use
or install the product sold subject to reservation of title only in
the ordinary course of business and only provided the requirement within
the scope of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 are actually assigned to Seller.
Buyer is not authorised in any other way to dispose of the product sold
subject to reservation of title, especially by way of pledges or transfer
of ownership by way of security deposit. Seller authorises Buyer, subject
to revocation, to collect the debts assigned according to paragraphs
3, 4 and 5. Seller shall not invoke its own authorisation to collect
debts, so long as Buyer meets with its own payment obligations, including
payment obligations to third parties. Upon Seller's request, Buyer shall
name all debtors of the assigned debts and notify debtors of the assignment
of said debts; Seller is authorised to notify the debtor itself. Buyer
shall notify Seller immediately of any compulsory executions of third
parties in the product sold subject to reservation of title or in the
assigned claims, subject to submission of the documents required for
lodging an opposition to the execution. The right to resell, use or
install the product sold subject to reservation of title and the authorization
to collect assigned claims will be forfeited upon discontinuation of
payments or when filing or initiating bankruptcy proceedings, judicial
or extra-judicial composition proceedings to avert bankruptcy; in the
case of a cheque or bill protest the authorization to collect assigned
claims will be forfeited as well. If the value of the product of the
securities granted exceeds the claims in question by more than 20%,
Seller shall be obligated to retransfer or release the product at Seller's
option. Upon payment of all of Seller's claims from the business connection,
the ownership in the product sold subject to reservation of title and
the assigned claims will be transferred to Buyer.
9. Place of
Performance:
Tostedt shall be the place of performance for both parties for all rights
and obligations from the Contract.
10. Jurisdictional
Venue:
The jurisdictional venue and the place of performance are Tostedt, provided
our contracting party is a merchant within the scope of Sections 1 ff.
German Commercial Code.
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