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Terms and Conditions of Sale, Delivery and Payment
of METZ CONNECT GmbH (HRB 611606)
Im Tal 2 | 78176 Blumberg | Germany
I. Sphere of application, validity
1.1 The Terms and Conditions of Sale, Delivery and Payment set out below shall apply to all tran-
sactions and deliveries between ourselves and undertakings (Section 14 BGB [Civil Code]) and
with legal entities under public law and public law special trust assets.
1.2 Our Terms and Conditions of Sale, Delivery and Payment shall not apply to transactions with
consumers (Section 13 BGB).
1.3 ditions which are contrary or which vary from our own Terms and Conditions of Sale, Delivery
and Payment, unless we have explicitly approved their validity in writing or in text format. Our
Terms and Conditions of Sale, Delivery and Payment shall still apply, even if we execute delivery
to the customer in the knowledge that the customer‘s terms and conditions are contrary to or
vary from our own Terms and Conditions of Sale, Delivery and Payment.
1.4 In the case of orders and deliveries between ourselves and foreign customers, it is agreed that
the law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply to all business relations, irrespective
of their legal basis. The contractual language for our business relations with a foreign customer
is either German or English, at our option. Our choice will be made based on the language we
use when dealing with the customer.
1.5 If our products are exported, we are not liable for ensuring that they are capable of being
exported, nor are we responsible for the procuring of official authorizations, nor for the compli-
ance with any regulations concerning foreign trade in the designated land of exportation. The
customer is responsible for verifying and ensuring that all national regulations of the specific
land of exportation are complied with.
1.6 If one or several provisions of these terms and conditions should be void regardless of the legal
basis the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected thereby.
II. Contract conclusion, scope of delivery
2.1 Our quotations shall be without commitment.
2.2 A contract shall be deemed to have been concluded exclusively on the basis of our order con-
firmation which shall be drawn up in writing or in text format. The order confirmation shall
contain our delivery commitments and shall specify the condition of the products to be deli-
vered. The condition and performance of our products are additionally in agreement with the
specifications of the catalogue valid at the time of our order confirmation. Ancillary agreements
and subsequent agreements must be set out in writing or in text format.
2.3 If we fail to provide the customer any confirmation of its order, then forwarding of the delivery
with an invoice and/or delivery note shall equate to acceptance of the order.
2.4 The condition of the product to be delivered shall additionally be determined by means of the
article number and article description to which reference is made in the order confirmation or
in the delivery note or the invoice.
2.5 The customer must check all his dimensional and product requirements. We are not obliged to
verify the dimensions, the product data and the specifications given by the customer.
The customer is responsible for verifying the compatibility of the components he uses together
with our products when he uses our products together with other components (e.g. plugs for
our socket,) and is likewise responsible for ensuring that these uses comply with national and
EU standards and guidelines.
III. Delivery time, transfer of risk
3.1 The delivery time shall be deemed to have been agreed as approximate. It shall be deemed to
be a fixed date only where it has been explicitly designated as such.
3.2 If we are prevented from or hindered in performance of our assignment through the occurrence
of unforeseen events, which we were unable to avert despite applying the level of due care
which could be expected of us in the circumstances, irrespective of whether such events occur
at our own premises or at those of our subsidiary suppliers, e.g. breakdowns, delay in the
delivery of key vendor parts, official measures, embargo, risk of war, force majeure or strike,
then the delivery period shall be extended by the duration of such hindrance. If delivery or
performance is impossible as a result of the circumstances listed, then we shall be exempted
from our delivery commitment.
3.3 The risk for individual deliveries shall pass to the customer at the time of dispatch of the goods
or their delivery to the carrier/freighter ex works Blumberg (EXW Incoterms 2000).
3.4 The customer must take delivery of and store shipped and delivered goods, even if these are
defective. In doing so, the customer does not waive his rights to give notice of and claim for
defects.
3.5 Part deliveries and part performances shall be admissible. These shall be deemed to be indepen-
dent deliveries and may be charged immediately.
3.6 In the case of special production orders, we reserve the right to under-/over-deliver by up to
10 % of the delivery quantities ordered and/or for which the order has been confirmed.
IV. Prices, payments
4.1 Unless otherwise agreed, our prices shall be held to be ex works Blumberg in euro. VAT at the
statutory rate shall be added to the prices.
4.2 Unless explicitly agreed otherwise, payments shall fall due within 14 days of the invoice date
subject to 2 % discount, and net within 30 days. Discounts shall be applied only on the ex works
price, excluding freight, shipment and other incidental costs, and only provided all the custo-
mer‘s debts arising out of the business relationship have been paid. The statutory provisions
shall apply in the event of default.
4.3 The customer is not permitted to retain any payments because of notice of defects or other
counterclaims which we have not recognized or which have not become res judicata, nor is he
permitted to offset the payments against such counterclaims.
V. Reservation of ownership
5.1 The customer shall provide us with the following agreed collateral for all our claims against it
arising out of the business relationship, irrespective of their legal basis. The customer shall have
authority to demand the release of collateral inasmuch as it exceeds 20 % of the value of our
claims. We shall be obliged to release individual items of collateral, and may select which items
to release.
5.2 The goods delivered shall remain our property until payment in full of the purchase price and of
all claims of any kind arising out of the entire business relationship. Ownership shall not transfer
until all payments, including all incidental claims, have been paid. Only the date of encashment
shall apply in the event of payments by cheque. The customer shall not be entitled to pledge
the goods or to transfer their ownership by way of security.
5.3 In the event of behaviour by the customer in breach of contract, or of default on its part, we
shall have authority to take back the goods and to oblige the customer to hand them over. If
we assert our reservation of ownership and attach goods, this shall not signify withdrawal from
the contract. Section 449 (2) BGB shall be excluded.
5.4 The customer shall only be authorised to resell within the ordinary course of its business. It
hereby assigns to us the resulting receivable, in the amount of our final invoice including VAT,
and undertakes to supply the name and address of the third party debtor and the amounts of
the receivables in question, upon request. The receivable arising from resale of our goods may
not be assigned to third parties, including banks.
5.5 The customer shall be obliged to insure all goods not paid for against losses, in particular
against fire, water damage and breakage.
The customer undertakes to supply us with the name of the indemnity insurer concerned and
shall assign to us its claim against the insurer concerned with respect to unpaid goods at the
time of occurrence of the insured loss, by way of provisional performance.
5.6 If, in the case of a delivery for export, the above provision in relation to reservation of ownership
is invalid in the country of export, or if it must be supplemented and/or requires registration in
order to be valid, then the customer shall be obliged and we shall have authority to conclude
a collateral agreement according to the law of the country of export, which comes as close
as possible to the commercial purpose of our purchase price collateral, and to undertake the
requisite registration. If the export customer is in default with payments, then we shall have au-
thority to take possession of the goods and to store these separately or outside the customer‘s
business premises, without this implying withdrawal from the contract or cancellation thereof.
VI. Obligation to serve notice of a defect, performance problems,
material defects, liability
6.1 The customer‘s duty to serve notice of a defect and duty of care
6.1.1 It is the customer‘s responsibility to examine the products delivered by us for faults or defects
and to verify the quantities delivered within four days of delivery and to inform us within 14
days of any faults, defects or deviations in quantity in such a way that we are able to identify
faults, defects or deviations in quantity, so that we may comply with our obligation to carry
out remedial work.
6.1.2 If the customer learns of breaches of duty and/or material defects with respect to the products
supplied to him by us and by him to his customers, then he undertakes to inform us imme-
diately in such a way that we shall be in a position to confirm the defaults indicated and/or
defects at the place of use. If we are not notified immediately, then our customer shall be
deemed to have approved the goods.
6.1.3 In the event of recourse by a customer against a supplier or based on the supply chain due
to material defects experienced by the customer as a result of our product, our customer
undertakes to only carry out subsequent performance towards its own customer or towards
customers entitled under the supply chain after consultation with ourselves to determine the
appropriate technical and commercial measures.
6.2 Rights in relation to defects
6.2.1 In the event of defaults, breaches of duty and/or material defects, we shall have the right
vis-à-vis the customer to elect to remedy the defect by replacement or to remedy it in another
manner within a reasonable period. The right of remedy shall be restricted to two attempted
remedies. If the default, breach of duty and/or material defect occurs at the customer‘s place
of delivery or at the place of delivery of one of his customers within a supply chain, then the
customer must give us the opportunity of carrying out our rectification at the place of delivery
of our product.
6.2.2 Our customer undertakes not to acknowledge any claims based on defects by his own custo-
mers or third parties within the supply chain without consulting with ourselves.
6.3 Liability
6.3.1 In the event of serious breaches of duty and default with respect to „cardinal“ duties and
duties of performance and/or material defects, we shall be absolutely liable in the event of
- gross culpability
- grossly negligent culpability on the part of our Managing Directors and/or senior
executives
- culpable injury to the life, limb or health of individuals
- material defects which have been fraudulently concealed
- guarantees explicitly given in writing
- defects in products, insofar as there is liability for personal injury or material damage
under the Product Liability Act.
6.3.2 In the event of negligent breach of duty, performance problems or materials defects caused,
for which we are culpable, our liability shall be restricted to remedy or replacement delivery
and/or to reimbursement of expenses.
6.3.3 We accept no liability towards our customers in the event of breaches of non-essential duties,
defaults and other incidental duties, nor do we accept liability for non-essential deviations
from specifications relating to the performance and condition of our products.
6.3.4 All claims for damages against us shall be restricted to such damages which are foreseeable
for us at the time of conclusion of the contract through the use of the products delivered by
us.
6.3.5 In the event that we are obliged to pay damages on the basis of negligent culpability, our
duty to pay indemnity and/or for expenses shall be restricted to 5 times the product price
per occurrence, and in the event of serial losses, to 3 times the product price per defective
product, plus the replacement product concerned.
6.3.6 In the event that the customer exports our products, including using them for further proces-
sing or as components, we shall not be liable for ensuring that the products are capable of
being exported, nor for ensuring that no official approval is required nor for the freedom to
import them in our customer‘s countries of importation.
6.3.7 Claims of the customer based on claims for defects or breaches of duty contrary to contract
shall become barred by limitation after a period of one year. The start of this period is deter-
mined by the date of the delivery note indicating the delivery of the product. The one-year
period of limitation shall not apply if, according to a mandatory legal regulation, the limitation
period is longer; this shall also apply in the event of injury to life, limb or health; of intentional
or grossly negligent culpability on our part; and of fraudulent intent by ourselves or our staff;
and of failure to disclose a defect; in which case the legal provisions shall apply.
VII. Product Liability
7.1 Should we, owing to omissions or defects in the performance of the object of delivery or
owing to faulty advice, information or suggestions for use, be responsible for damages suffe-
red by our customer, including on the basis of product liability provisions, during or after the
term of the contract, the provisions governing liability for defects in the delivery as defined in
VI between us and the customer shall apply to the exclusion of all other claims regardless of
the basis of such claims. Should the exclusion of liability or limitation of liability for product
liability as outlined above be invalid and on the merits of the situation should we be liable to
our customer, liability shall be limited to the respective amounts of the insurance sum
for personal damages and damages to property provided by the insurance coverage taken
out by us with our insurance agent.
7.2 Should a case of product liability arise, the customer shall not assert any claims whatsoever for
damages to property greater than the sum covered by our insurance agent.
7.3 We and our customer exclude any assertion of claims for product liability asserted by third
parties as a result of assignments of the third party to the customer. The customer is not
entitled to assert claims against us originating from the supply chain.
7.4 We and our customer undertake to aid one another in fending off any such claims which may
be asserted by third parties.
VIII. Guarantee declarations
8.1 Any guarantee declaration must be made separately in writing and shall not be
included in the order confirmation.
8.2 A guarantee declaration shall only validly materialise provided it is signed by a ma-
naging director with sole signatory authority or by a managing director with joint
representative authority together with another managing director or a prokurist
[officer with statutory authority].
8.3 Provisions relating to condition and performance descriptions and/or product spe-
cifications shall not contain any guarantee declarations. The assumption of tacit
guarantees shall be explicitly excluded.
IX. Data Protection
9.1 We are entitled to store and process customer data we receive as a result of our business
relations, insofar as the customer is entitled to dispose of this data, for use in our business
relations.
X. Place of performance, Venue
10.1 Place of performance and venue for delivery and payment for the business relation with our
customer is Blumberg.
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